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Knicks 4-2 Spurs. I’ll beryllium nan first to admit that I did not deliberation nan San Antonio Spurs would beryllium this up of schedule. As impressed arsenic I was pinch their first 2 rounds of play, I still thought they were a twelvemonth away, and predicted that nan convention finals were their ceiling. I guidelines corrected: they’re really, really good, and Wembanyama looks for illustration nan champion subordinate connected Earth. But New York coming a unsocial challenge, pinch acold much shot handling and changeable creation than nan Spurs person faced frankincense acold (they came up against an Oklahoma squad missing 2 of their champion successful that section successful Jalen Williams and Ajay Mitchell). The Knicks are connected a heater nan likes of which I’ve ne'er seen successful an NBA playoffs, and it’s been mostly written disconnected arsenic nan spoils of nan weaker East. But they’re for real, and primed to play spoiler to nan Spurs’ magical thrust from lottery to finals. San Antonio will triumph astatine slightest one, if not respective titles successful nan Wembanyama era. But this year, my money’s connected nan Knicks. Claire de Lune
Knicks 4-1 Spurs. The Knicks will frustrate Wemby, they will stock nan shot successful a measurement nan 1970s pass-first Knicks would relish. Towns will proceed to unwind each nan soft parts of his game. Anunoby will get to nan handbasket pinch wished physicality. Mikal Bridges will slash and drain from mid-range. Brunson will return complete down nan agelong and Robinson, bad pinky and all, whitethorn moreover deed a fewer foul shots. As Nikola Jokić erstwhile said: “When is parade?” David Lengel
Spurs 4-2 Knicks. A Knicks triumph won’t astonishment – they fared good against nan Spurs during nan regular season, they’re fresher, and they’ve been much ascendant successful nan playoffs – but Wembanyama is transcendent and his supporting formed fits perfectly astir him. After watching San Antonio flooded nan Thunder successful Oklahoma City, it’s excessively difficult to stake against them knocking disconnected anybody else. Owen Lewis
Spurs 4-3 Knicks. In our preseason predictions, I picked nan Knicks to clinch an NBA finals berth, though I didn’t deliberation they’d do it successful specified a ascendant fashion. But nan Knicks’ uncomplicated travel to nan finals could beryllium some a gift and a curse: aft enduring a rigorous seven-game bid against nan defending champions, nan Spurs are much battle-tested than New York. Their protect subject will halt nan Knicks’ surging offense, and Wemby will beryllium nan series’ biggest X-factor. By nan clip nan title is decided, it will beryllium clear that nan Wembanyama era has arrived. AR Shaw
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