NBA Playoffs 2025: Predictions for the conference finals
Pacers-Knicks and Wolves-Thunder face the NBA conference finals. Our experts choose which teams will advance to the finals.
The NBA season has reached the conference finalsand each of the remaining four teams has had a unique path in the playoffs.
He Oklahoma City ThunderHead of series number 1, advanced to the finals of the West Conference after seven at odds against Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets. It is the first participation of Thunder in the conference finals since the 2015-16 season.
Meanwhile, the Minnesota Timberwolves They advanced to the western ends after beating the Golden State Warriors in five games. It is the second consecutive season that Wolves They arrive at the conference finals, where they fell to the Dallas Mavericks last season.
On the other side of the painting, the New York Knicks They defeated the defending champion, the Boston Celtics, in six games to advance to their first ESE conference finals in 25 years. They will face the Indiana Pacerswho defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers, first head of the East, in just five games. The PACERS Two consecutive years have also reached this round. Last year, the Celtics swept them.
With the Playoffs box reduced to four teams, our NBA experts make their forecasts for the conference finals.
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East Conference End
Indiana Pacers (4)
vs. New York Knicks (3)
Jerry Bembry: Knicks in 6
Jamal Collier: Knicks in 7
Chris Herring: Knicks in 7
Zach Kram: Pacers in 6
Bobby Marks: Pacers in 6
Dave McMenamin: Knicks in 7
Omar Raja: Knicks in 6
Ramona Shelburne: Knicks in 7
Andre Snellings: Pacers in 7
Marc Spears: Knicks in 7
Jeremy Woo: Pacers in 7
Michael C. Wright: Knicks in 7
Ohm Youngmisuk: Knicks in 7
Final count:
New York 9, Indiana 4
WEST CONFERENCE ENDS
Minnesota Timberwolves (6)
vs. Oklahoma City Thunder (1)
Jerry Bembry: Thunder in 6
Jamal Collier: Timberwolves in 7
Chris Herring: Thunder in 6
Zach Kram: Thunder in 6
Bobby Marks: Thunder in 6
Dave McMenamin: Timberwolves in 6
Omar Raja: Timberwolves in 6
Ramona Shelburne: Thunder in 7
Andre Snellings: Timberwolves in 7
Marc Spears: Timberwolves in 7
Jeremy Woo: Thunder in 7
Michael C. Wright: Thunder in 6
Ohm Youngmisuk: Thunder in 7
Final count:
Oklahoma City 8, Minnesota 5
