OKC Heavily Favored to Handle Pacers in NBA Finals

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00:00But DRS, as the odds makers anticipate, it's going to be all OKC,

00:05and it might be done rather quickly.

00:08The Thunder in the early hypothetical matchup against the Pacers were a minus 770

00:14favorite.

00:15When this line opened up on Sunday morning, it was minus 700 in favor of OKC.

00:21Outright, it is now minus 750.

00:25There is no doubt, DRS, that the best team in the association throughout this

00:29regular season and in the playoffs, one of the best teams we have seen

00:33combining the regular and postseason in NBA history.

00:37That being the Thunder, should be a minus money favorite to win the NBA championship

00:42this year.

00:43But in your estimation, should it be this large of a series advantage in favor of the Thunder?

00:50I don't think it should be, but let's understand this.

00:52Like the NBA is like, you know, you look at, we'll talk about the Stanley Cup finals,

00:56right?

00:56Like, hey, man, it's basically a pick-em here.

00:57That's what you like from a national broadcast perspective where everybody can buy in.

01:02You look at a team like the Pacers, they play in Indiana, coming into the playoffs.

01:05There's not really too many Pacer fans here.

01:07Can't wait to see the Pacers advance.

01:09You're normally talking about, you know, Spider Mitchell up there in Cleveland or

01:11obviously the Celtics and what you can get out of the West Coast, which would be if LeBron

01:15James and Luka Doncic made a deep run, or at least Nikola Jokic in the Denver marketplace,

01:20which now you have the Thunder and the Pacers, which is not a sexy matchup.

01:23And if you're looking at just the odds there, the Thunder minus 750, if we get a short series

01:27and or a gentleman sweep, this might be one of the lowest rated finals in the history of

01:32the NBA, which is never a good thing.

01:33I'm not saying we're going to enjoy this, but you read the tea leaves, right?

01:36Typically it's hated teams and dynasties that people will tune into.

01:40Number one, to cheer for.

01:41Number two, even more, to root against.

01:43You don't really have that on either side right now.

01:45And from an OKC perspective, they're really good.

01:48We get that.

01:49But every time I go online, like SGA, great basketball player, free throw merchant.

01:52There's such a team I can't like, or I like to hate that team or the Pacers.

01:55Just, you know what?

01:56Good basketball team.

01:57No true superstars, if you will.

01:59But we'll watch.

02:00You better hope that the NBA sees those price points.

02:02Man, I hope we get at least six games in this finals, because if it's OKC in a runaway

02:07and also just getting a little bit ahead of myself, game number one, nine point favorite,

02:12no injuries on the Pacers, equal time off.

02:15That's crazy, man.

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