An interesting twist on the Mitch injury: I remember posting that I saw Mitch holding and shaking his hand during Gme 4 vs. CLE, and then Ian Begley subsequently posted this clip. Thing is, despite what Ian wrote, Mitch is actually holding and shaking his left hand!

So clearly the broken finger didn’t occur either then or before that time.

Knicks in six, because that’s what I want to see, and I think it’s definitely possible, but no idea how I’d feel if I wasn’t a fan and on this board.

Are the finals games on league pass? Intense times but I may decide to wake up in the middle of the night for this.

Knicks in 5.

Are the finals games on league pass?

They are in Israel.

darules, my guess would be that the games *are* going to be available on NBA League Pass, but not in real time at the time of the game. It would only be available *after* the game had already been played—that’s how it was for SA @ OKC Game 7. Throughout the regular season, they only show games that are unavailable on any other national outlet in real time, and I think that that continues into the playoffs—meaning that they don’t show *any* playoff games in real time, as they are all available elsewhere.

The NBA Finals could be different, but I kind of doubt it. And Israel is a whole ‘nother thing, obviously.

Let’s.

Fucking.

GO.

Also, amazing to have some of our old-school writers back for this.

Now let’s go make it 1970 again, by science or magic.

You want the 1970 Championship (as opposed to 1973), Alan? Is that so that Mitch can make a dramatic entrance a la Willis after we think that he’s not going to play?

(Actually, that scenario could not exist in today’s NBA. Once a player is ruled out ahead of a game, he cannot play even if he feels physically able to do so once that game has begun.)

1970 was the first title for that group, and they were considered underdogs to a team with two of the very best to ever do it in Wilt and West, plus another Hall of Famer in Baylor. Feels the more apt comparison for us going up against Wemby.

This is the day!

… Your life will surely change.

— The The.

Stalwart on the ad hoc “I’m getting wasted” or “I’m wasted” playlist ca. 1990.

In any event, interesting under the radar betting action. For almost all bets where you pick the team and the number of games, the Spurs are at least double and sometimes triple the choice of the Knicks:

Spurs in 4, +700; Knicks in 4, +1600
Spurs in 5, +400; Knicks in 5, +1200
Spurs in 7, +300; Knicks in 7, +800

However … this changes entirely if the pick is win in 6.

Spurs in 6, +550; Knicks in 6, +500.

I guess part of this is some kind of thought that if the Knicks get up 3-2 and have a chance to clinch at the Garden, the Spurs have little chance.

That doesn’t make a lot of sense to me, particularly given the fact that people don’t seem to think the Garden will matter if the Spurs get a chance to clinch in Game 4. But in any event, the Knicks in 6 number might be hiding something that isn’t being shown in the overall number.

So the overall rank, most to least likely, would be:

Spurs in 7
Spurs in 5
Knicks in 6
Spurs in 6
Spurs in 4
Knicks in 7
Knicks in 5
Knicks in 4.

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