For the seventh straight season, the NBA will have a new champion. While so much has been made about parity during these NBA playoffs, it remains to be seen if any team can stand in the way of Boston.
Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets have been ousted from the postseason, leaving one of the remaining four superstars to hoist the Larry O’Brien Trophy for the first time in their career.
Let’s breakdown how they match up against Indiana in addition to the ambiguity of the Western Conference Finals. Boston Celtics vs. Indiana PacersAt the time of writing, Boston is -1100 on FanDuel to make the NBA Finals. That’s a lot of chalk to lay this deep into the postseason. Over the past 15 years, every Finals MVP was won by the best player on the winning team. He’s the lone exception.
His stats have taken a step backwards this season, but it isn’t due to a drop in skill. It’s due to the sacrifices he’s made for the betterment of the team. The Pacers make a point to chase shooters off the three-point line and that might have an impact on Boston’s other starters given their propensity for shots beyond the arc.
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