Knicks vs Pacers, OKC vs. Wolves in conference finals
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Which two teams will reach the NBA Finals? We'll have complete coverage of the playoffs all the way until the champion is crowned. (The 2025 Finals tip off June 5 on ABC and the ESPN App.) The league's conference semifinals wrapped on Sunday with the Oklahoma City Thunder outlasting the Denver Nuggets in this round's only Game 7.
The Oklahoma City Thunder and Minnesota Timberwolves are the two teams left standing in the West. The Thunder and Wolves are meeting in the Western Conference finals with both franchises looking for a long-awaited NBA Finals appearance.
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SB Nation on MSN2024-2025 Playoffs Conference Finals Discussion ThreadThe Knicks beat the Celtics in six games, and for the first time since the 1999-2000 season, New York advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals. There is also a history between the Knicks and Pacers dating back to the 1993 playoffs.
It's Anthony Edwards and the Minnesota Timberwolves against Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the Oklahoma City Thunder for a spot in the NBA Finals.
The audience for the 2025 NBA Playoffs on ESPN platforms ( ESPN and ABC) is up 12% from last year, according to Nielsen. Through the Conference Semifinals (22 games), ESPN is averaging 4,883,000 viewers, making it the second-most watched NBA Playoffs since 2011.
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Edwards is coming off eliminating LeBron James, Luka Doncic, Stephen Curry and Jimmy Butler in back-to-back series. After struggling to find consistency without Karl-Anthony Towns, the Timberwolves figured things out at the right moment, going from a No. 7 regular-season finish to the conference finals.
The Memphis Grizzlies aren't in the NBA playoffs, but fans have plenty of reason to pay attention, with Mike Conley Jr. and Cam Payne still in it.
The NBA conference finals get underway on Tuesday and the Oklahoma City Thunder, fresh off a blowout victory over the Denver Nuggets in Game 7 on Sunday, are the big favorites (-180) to win the NBA championship.