They are also led by what many argue as the league’s best point guard in Tony Parker. Meanwhile, the San Antonio Spurs are a well oiled machine, coached by one of the best masterminds to ever do it, Greg Poppovich. There is major question looming over OKC however: will Serge Ilbaka’s injury be too steep of a hill for the Thunder to climb and move on to the Finals? When you think of the Oklahoma Thunder and the excitement they bring with the league’s MVP/leading scorer in Kevin Durant and his talented counterpart Russell Westbrook, you have one of the most exciting duos ever in the NBA to dominate and play at a high level. You have the young guns of the wild wild West, the Oklahoma Thunder, and the old timers with savvy veteran leadership and a nice mixture of young talent in the San Antonio Spurs. If I would’ve picked who would win the NBA at the beginning of the year, I’m sure me and all you guys would’ve have favored the Indiana Pacers, but the Miami Heat has risen to the top as they normally do around this time of the year.ĭrake Snags $830K After Betting On Denver Nuggets First NBA Championship I can assure you that those guys are more than ready for combat. Lebron has plenty of firepower to back him up, let’s not forget about Dwyane Wade as well as Ray “Sharp Shooter” Allen and the rest of the Heat. While it seems Miami has had an easy road to get to the ECF, I’m sure it has been a lot tougher than it appears, especially after facing a tough veteran team from Brooklyn. The Pacers have proved that with their play in the postseason – after facing two tough teams to get here – Paul George and his troops are ready for the Goliath of the East, Lebron James and the Miami Heat. Today, we’re hopping in our Enjoy Basketball Time Machine (it’s real, we just can’t show it to you) and reliving 10 of the most enjoyable conference finals performances of the past 10 years.Who wouldn’t want to see Miami vs Indiana after watching last year’s Eastern Conference Finals? Let’s be honest, we all lost a little confidence in Indiana after their mid-season slippage, but you can’t hold a good team down. What do all these moments have in common? They happened in the conference finals. And when a 3-point barrage helped shift the entire landscape of basketball. When a King took matters into his own hands. When a thunderbolt in Oklahoma City wreaked havoc at about 1,000 miles per hour. Back when a budding star in Indiana went toe-to-toe with the best basketball player in the world.
We experience the entire spectrum of human emotion during these games – and we’re almost guaranteed to witness a moment that will latch onto the collective conscience of NBA fans and play on a loop in our heads for years after the buzzer sounds.
The NBA conference finals are a culmination of a season’s worth of work, and still yet a preview of things to come. The Enjoy Basketball newsletter drops every Monday, Wednesday and Friday morning, keeping you in the loop with NBA news and providing you with player interviews, trivia, memes and more. Their mission is to uplift the game by providing entertaining NBA coverage without all the hot takes. Meet Enjoy Basketball, a brand co-founded by basketball creator Kenny Beecham. ‘Playoff Jimmy’ makes an appearance on Enjoy Basketball’s list of the top conference finals games of the decade.
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