2026 NBA Season

[Wapfika]

After a long time we'll see Game 7 in the finals. A great closing match to end a long season.
Everyone did what they had to do again today for the Pacers. Apart from Turner, they played very well. Haliburton didn't have to do much again. Toppin and McConnell's contribution was invaluable. The Thunder had no support for SGA and Williams. They have to find another scorer.
If the Pacers win the championship, it will be hard to choose the MVP. Siakam looks more favorable again.

This is the typical game when a team is playing at home court advantage. Bench players contribute a lot while starters do the same that result to a blow out game.

OKC bench players are not productive and even their starter is not doing well including SGA and Jdub due to their lots of turnover.

OKC has sucks 3FM percentage which is the reason why they struggle a lot on the 2nd and 3rd quarter.

[stadus]

Haliburton wasn't completely fit but still did a really good job I believe.    Decent for a player who has just got out of an injury.

He went 3-for-7 from beyond the arc and dished out 5 assists, pretty impressive for someone who only played 22 minutes.

Now in Game 7, I'm thinking of a fun bet but I haven't made up my mind yet. I might go for an overtime bet. If we see an OT in Game 7, the odds are 18.00 for it so...

I've done a check about how many game sevens ended in this way in NBA history. There are only 2 examples. 

You're hoping for a close game so there's a shot at overtime...

If I may suggest, since OKC is the heavy favorite, check if your bookie offers a 1st Half / 2nd Half winner market. You could try OKC/Pacers. Odds on that combo should be pretty good too.

[Yaunfitda]

After a long time we'll see Game 7 in the finals. A great closing match to end a long season.
Everyone did what they had to do again today for the Pacers. Apart from Turner, they played very well. Haliburton didn't have to do much again. Toppin and McConnell's contribution was invaluable. The Thunder had no support for SGA and Williams. They have to find another scorer.
If the Pacers win the championship, it will be hard to choose the MVP. Siakam looks more favorable again.

This is the typical game when a team is playing at home court advantage. Bench players contribute a lot while starters do the same that result to a blow out game.

OKC bench players are not productive and even their starter is not doing well including SGA and Jdub due to their lots of turnover.

OKC has sucks 3FM percentage which is the reason why they struggle a lot on the 2nd and 3rd quarter.

Yeah, that's why we said that we can't discount the fact that teams playing at home are playing very good because they have the fans behind them. And is it so evident in this game, specially Obi Toppin and TJ who came and show and play. Even Haliburton who is not 100% still try his best to do and help the team. Now, when we thought that this is going to be a boring finals, this is the first time that we will see since 2016 a game 7 decider game. Very hard to think that the Pacers will force a game 7 against the best team in the NBA and with the season's MVP. But this is where all the blood and sweat and tears and all the sacrifices will come to play. So the team who has more heart and wanted the championship badly will win. But so far, it's hard to bet as even if the Pacers is the underdog and will have to travel to the Thunder's homecourt, I still give them a good chance to pull the biggest surprises this season.

[Dave1]

After a long time we'll see Game 7 in the finals. A great closing match to end a long season.
Everyone did what they had to do again today for the Pacers. Apart from Turner, they played very well. Haliburton didn't have to do much again. Toppin and McConnell's contribution was invaluable. The Thunder had no support for SGA and Williams. They have to find another scorer.
If the Pacers win the championship, it will be hard to choose the MVP. Siakam looks more favorable again.

Yeah, it's been 9 years since the NBA last had a 7-game finals series.
As for who the MVP will be if the Pacers win, I think it will most likely be Siakam. In principle, Hali can also contend for this award, but only if he shows a great result in the last game.
p.s.
Well, if the Thunder wins, then SGA will obviously be the MVP.

It's the Lebron vs Warriors if I'm not mistaken that we have seen the last game 7?

Yeah, for the MVP, it might be Siakam again if they win the title, as Siakal is more consist throughout the series and Haliburton somewhat has off game although he had that winning shot in game 1.

But if the Thunder is going to win, it's going to be SGA and so it will be a sweep for him if that happens, regular and then the Finals MVP. and it will be scary as what the Thunder will be next season.

[dimonstration]

Yeah, for the MVP, it might be Siakam again if they win the title, as Siakal is more consist throughout the series and Haliburton somewhat has off game although he had that winning shot in game 1.

Agree on this. Siakam is a low key consistent player on this playoffs. He is the reason why Pacers has strong paint offense on their playoffs run since he easily score by attacking the paint on any tough defender.

He is consistent too even if they are down unlike Haliburton that keeps choking on most of their game and just being online on final minutes.

TJ McConnell is a good candidate too if we will consider crucial contribution on all games. 

[MK-74]

I honestly didn't expect this result. I thought the Thunder would win this game and go home as champions.

The Pacers were good last night and they deserved to win the game.

I'm looking forward to the last game of the series and I'll definitely watch it. It's hard to even predict now, the Thunder just have the advantage right now but since the championship depends on this game, both teams can win.

[darxiaomi]

I honestly didn't expect this result. I thought the Thunder would win this game and go home as champions.

The Pacers were good last night and they deserved to win the game.

I'm looking forward to the last game of the series and I'll definitely watch it. It's hard to even predict now, the Thunder just have the advantage right now but since the championship depends on this game, both teams can win.

I was expecting Indiana to win, but what i wasnt expecting at all was how Indiana win this game, they destroy Oklahoma since the start of the game, and now in game seven i have my doubts about the Gilgeous Alexander first ring, maybe we are gonna be the witness of the first Haliburton ring.

[Fredomago]

After a long time we'll see Game 7 in the finals. A great closing match to end a long season.
Everyone did what they had to do again today for the Pacers. Apart from Turner, they played very well. Haliburton didn't have to do much again. Toppin and McConnell's contribution was invaluable. The Thunder had no support for SGA and Williams. They have to find another scorer.
If the Pacers win the championship, it will be hard to choose the MVP. Siakam looks more favorable again.

This is the typical game when a team is playing at home court advantage. Bench players contribute a lot while starters do the same that result to a blow out game.

OKC bench players are not productive and even their starter is not doing well including SGA and Jdub due to their lots of turnover.

OKC has sucks 3FM percentage which is the reason why they struggle a lot on the 2nd and 3rd quarter.

Yeah, that's why we said that we can't discount the fact that teams playing at home are playing very good because they have the fans behind them. And is it so evident in this game, specially Obi Toppin and TJ who came and show and play. Even Haliburton who is not 100% still try his best to do and help the team. Now, when we thought that this is going to be a boring finals, this is the first time that we will see since 2016 a game 7 decider game. Very hard to think that the Pacers will force a game 7 against the best team in the NBA and with the season's MVP. But this is where all the blood and sweat and tears and all the sacrifices will come to play. So the team who has more heart and wanted the championship badly will win. But so far, it's hard to bet as even if the Pacers is the underdog and will have to travel to the Thunder's homecourt, I still give them a good chance to pull the biggest surprises this season.

They go up to this far competing for the final game 7 it's really an awesome performance from the Pacers side it's now time for the OKC to put everything and showcase their remaining energy to protect the home court. Let see if how they'll be going to adjust since Pacers managed to limit their stars from contributing decently, like you said it's been a while that fans seen a final game 7 a matter of surviving and putting everything to take the title or come up short and watch your opponent celebrating.

[danherbias07]

Yeah, it's been 9 years since the NBA last had a 7-game finals series.
As for who the MVP will be if the Pacers win, I think it will most likely be Siakam. In principle, Hali can also contend for this award, but only if he shows a great result in the last game.
p.s.
Well, if the Thunder wins, then SGA will obviously be the MVP.

You made it easy for me. Thank you. I was about to search for the last time a Finals game went to 7 games, and you provided the answer. Because I cannot really remember when it happened, and most of the time it goes 4-2 or 4-1.

It's been a long time, so I am sure this is going to be fun. OKC may have the upper hand when it comes to home-court advantage, but I still won't take the bet for them. I love playing the underdog, and they have been underestimating the Pacers throughout this series. I will put an early bet for them and I will add more when the OKC is on the lead just so I can maximize the profits if the Pacers win.

Good luck on your bets, guys. 2 more days, but it will be fast.

[Joca97]

I honestly didn't expect this result. I thought the Thunder would win this game and go home as champions.

The Pacers were good last night and they deserved to win the game.

I'm looking forward to the last game of the series and I'll definitely watch it. It's hard to even predict now, the Thunder just have the advantage right now but since the championship depends on this game, both teams can win.

I was expecting Indiana to win, but what i wasnt expecting at all was how Indiana win this game, they destroy Oklahoma since the start of the game, and now in game seven i have my doubts about the Gilgeous Alexander first ring, maybe we are gonna be the witness of the first Haliburton ring.

I expected OKC to win in this match but that didnt happen at all. Indiana was just perfect from the start and they won easily and now their moral is up for the last game of the season. This will surely be the most watched game of the season and even with OKC being the home team i think it can go eitherway

[Volgastallion]

I can feel the scare on Oklahoma fans and even in the Oklahoma Thunder players, for sure they are not gonna be on a comfortable position, and for sure a lot of people thinks they have the advantage of being home, for me is not that way, now being in home is even much more pressure for them.

[el kaka22]

This is going to be amazing. I do not usually stay up and watch these games because they are rarely worth my time and have been quite boring. But now that it's the 7th game, I know that this will be the last game of the entire season and we will be finishing with the entire 24-25 season all together.

So it's important that we end up with watching the last game, important for me at least. Because of the time difference that means I need to sleep like at 9 pm or something (if I can) to be able to wake up early in the morning. Pacers and OKC was boring to me, but this is seventh game so if the game happens to be a close one, like nearly OT type of game, then yeah it would be totally worth it and would be superb fun for the future generations as well.

[OgNasty]

Reading an article this morning about Julius Randle and how he is most likely going to opt out of his contract and test free agency.  Minnesota really dug themselves a hole here...  They're either going to have to pay Randle top dollar or lose him.  If they lose him, they basically gave away Karl-Anthony Towns for nothing.  It's probably too early to say this, but after managing to get two of the brightest young stars in the game that complemented each other well on the court, the Timberwolves are likely going to blow up the whole thing and end up wasting Anthony Edwards or will have to start a new rebuild around him.  What a failure of team management.

[cryptomaniac_xxx]

I can feel the scare on Oklahoma fans and even in the Oklahoma Thunder players, for sure they are not gonna be on a comfortable position, and for sure a lot of people thinks they have the advantage of being home, for me is not that way, now being in home is even much more pressure for them.

On the contrary, they are going to play at home next in the pivotal game 7 so why would they be scare with the Pacers. And if this is there mindset, then it's totally wrong as they are the best team in the NBA and they have the MVP.

And yeah it surprises a lot of fans as we are going to have a game 7 after so many years and we never thought how Indiana is going to fare against the Thunder as most of us have predicted that it will all end in game 6 win by the Thunder. But here we are right now, the last game of the NBA and after that, it will be full of news about trade and what not and what could have been.

[LogitechMouse]

Yeah, it's been 9 years since the NBA last had a 7-game finals series.
As for who the MVP will be if the Pacers win, I think it will most likely be Siakam. In principle, Hali can also contend for this award, but only if he shows a great result in the last game.
p.s.
Well, if the Thunder wins, then SGA will obviously be the MVP.

You made it easy for me. Thank you. I was about to search for the last time a Finals game went to 7 games, and you provided the answer. Because I cannot really remember when it happened, and most of the time it goes 4-2 or 4-1.

It's been a long time, so I am sure this is going to be fun. OKC may have the upper hand when it comes to home-court advantage, but I still won't take the bet for them. I love playing the underdog, and they have been underestimating the Pacers throughout this series. I will put an early bet for them and I will add more when the OKC is on the lead just so I can maximize the profits if the Pacers win.

Good luck on your bets, guys. 2 more days, but it will be fast.

TBH, I didn't expect that this series will go in 7 games. I mean with how strong the Thunder is throughout the playoffs and regular season, I know that only a few people expected that this series will go the distance.

Anyway, it's really been a while since this happened. I haven't done any research, but I think the last Game 7 Finals was the time where the infamous "LeBron James block on Iguodala" and "Kyrie's 3-pt shoot" happened in one game. That's the most intense Finals game I watched, but anyway, I hope that this Game 7 will be as intense as the last Game 7 NBA Finals. I'm pretty sure I'll be watching this one.

As for the MVP, there's no doubt that it would be SGA if the Thunder wins, but I'm also thinking that there's a chance that Jalen Williams can be as well. Remember when Iguodala has named the Finals MVP at one point? As for the Pacers, it's Siakam because he's the most consistent in the team. Speaking of Siakam, that poster of him to Jalen Williams is for me one of the most disrespectful posters in NBA Finals history. What makes it better for me is the fact that Siakam didn't shout, look at Williams or whatever. Straight-up no reaction at all.

I predict that the Thunder will win and get that title, and they have the homecourt advantage as well.

[MK-74]

I honestly didn't expect this result. I thought the Thunder would win this game and go home as champions.

The Pacers were good last night and they deserved to win the game.

I'm looking forward to the last game of the series and I'll definitely watch it. It's hard to even predict now, the Thunder just have the advantage right now but since the championship depends on this game, both teams can win.

I was expecting Indiana to win, but what i wasnt expecting at all was how Indiana win this game, they destroy Oklahoma since the start of the game, and now in game seven i have my doubts about the Gilgeous Alexander first ring, maybe we are gonna be the witness of the first Haliburton ring.

Pacers reached their highest point difference in this series in this game. 13 points.

I think the final game will be very exciting. Let's see who will win.

I still think Thunder will win the cup.

Also, some information; 79% of the home teams in Game 7 of the NBA Finals have won the championship!
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[batang_bitcoin]

Reading an article this morning about Julius Randle and how he is most likely going to opt out of his contract and test free agency.  Minnesota really dug themselves a hole here...  They're either going to have to pay Randle top dollar or lose him.  If they lose him, they basically gave away Karl-Anthony Towns for nothing.  It's probably too early to say this, but after managing to get two of the brightest young stars in the game that complemented each other well on the court, the Timberwolves are likely going to blow up the whole thing and end up wasting Anthony Edwards or will have to start a new rebuild around him.  What a failure of team management.

Seriously, after getting Randle, they want him out. That's how they should do it when they've released and traded one of their key players for him. This is going to be a heat in the kitchen and if they don't decide better to keep this current line up, they will have hard time in getting back on their shoes and how this roster kept them in the conference finals. But let's see if that article is going to be right with what it thinks about Randle and if he's going to free agency, they have to throw him some good offer then if he likes it that way.

[Shinpako09]

I can feel the scare on Oklahoma fans and even in the Oklahoma Thunder players, for sure they are not gonna be on a comfortable position, and for sure a lot of people thinks they have the advantage of being home, for me is not that way, now being in home is even much more pressure for them.

Sure, they’re not in a very comfortable position, but I don’t think they’re scared. I believe they’re more fired up now that it’s Game 7, and it’s on their home court. They’ve always been confident in the Thunder. But personally, I’m rooting for the Pacers.

Anyway, if I’m not mistaken, 2016 was the last time the NBA Finals went to a Game 7. Now here we are again. I just hope we get to watch a close game, not one with a big lead where you can already tell who’s going to win even before it ends.

[GreatArkansas]

I can feel the scare on Oklahoma fans and even in the Oklahoma Thunder players, for sure they are not gonna be on a comfortable position, and for sure a lot of people thinks they have the advantage of being home, for me is not that way, now being in home is even much more pressure for them.

Sure, they’re not in a very comfortable position, but I don’t think they’re scared. I believe they’re more fired up now that it’s Game 7, and it’s on their home court. They’ve always been confident in the Thunder. But personally, I’m rooting for the Pacers.

Anyway, if I’m not mistaken, 2016 was the last time the NBA Finals went to a Game 7. Now here we are again. I just hope we get to watch a close game, not one with a big lead where you can already tell who’s going to win even before it ends.

I don't think so, see how Thunder won in their recent matches on their home court, it's really different when you are playing on your home court. It's an advantage.

Yes, 2016 was the last time the NBA finals went to a game 7.

[LogitechMouse]

Reading an article this morning about Julius Randle and how he is most likely going to opt out of his contract and test free agency.  Minnesota really dug themselves a hole here...  They're either going to have to pay Randle top dollar or lose him.  If they lose him, they basically gave away Karl-Anthony Towns for nothing.  It's probably too early to say this, but after managing to get two of the brightest young stars in the game that complemented each other well on the court, the Timberwolves are likely going to blow up the whole thing and end up wasting Anthony Edwards or will have to start a new rebuild around him.  What a failure of team management.

TBH, I don't see a failure of the team management on the trade between Randle and KAT.

Before it happened, they knew already that there's a chance that Randle will not sign on his final year on his contract. You know what's the main reason why they agreed to this deal? Because they want to get KAT out of Minnesota because of his insane contract. Letting him stay will put the team to the 2nd apron and looking at the new CBA, there are many consequences to them if they are at the 2nd apron. That's the main reason why they let KAT go with another team in the first place.

Dug themselves? They might be, but they can just find another player out there that could help ANT. Yes, not as good as Randle maybe, but if I'm the management, I would rather pay Nickeil Alexander-Walker even more than paying Randle. Developing a 3-and-D player like him would be better than a player that's inconsistent, and isn't that good on defense.

I might disagree with some things that you said, but if they lose Randle, they can just get another free agents out there. It would still depend though because there's a chance that he can just opt in to his final year of the contract, and request a trade. Anyway, looking at the free agents, getting Josh Giddey would be a good addition to the team. A pass-first player which the Timberwolves really needs.