See the game of Thunder-Nuggets on Sunday in Denver7

For the first time since 2000, the New York Knicks are in the NBA Final Four.

The Knicks and the Indiana Pacers will be in the Eastern Conference final after New York – by 20,000 people in Madison Square Garden and much more was closed that the 33rd St. and 7th Ave. In front of the most famous arena in the world on Friday evening, Champion Defended Boston.

The field has dropped to five. Indiana-New York-a Retirement of the East Final 2000-on one side of the bracket, and either Oklahoma City or Denver are Minnesota in the West Finale.

The Thunder-Nugget game is in Oklahoma City on Sunday, but Nuggets striker Aaron Gordon is “in doubt” for the game on Sunday after several branches for the game on Sunday.

The national television plan on Saturday

No games planned.

The national television schedule on Sunday

All Times Mountain

1:30 p.m. – Denver in Oklahoma City (Denver7)

The national television plan on Monday

No games planned.

The national television plan on Tuesday

All Times Mountain

6:30 p.m. – Minnesota in Oklahoma City or Denver (ESPN)

Betting chances

Oklahoma City (+110) remains the favorite according to BetmGM Sportsbook to win the NBA title. New York (+350) jumped into the second choice after winning his trip to the East Finale.

From there it is Minnesota (+450), Indiana (+650) and Denver (+900).

Conference finals schedule

Now we know the schedules for the third round of the NBA playoffs, the conference finale.

New York has an advantage of home court towards Indiana in the East Finale. Game 1 is Wednesday, followed by game 2 on Friday, game 3 on May 25th, game 4 on May 27, game 5 on May 29, game 6 on May 31st and a game 7 would be on June 2. All of these games are 8:00 p.m. Eastern Starts TNT.

With the West final schedule, the winner of Oklahoma City-Denver will have the home court advantage on Minnesota: game 1 will be on Tuesday and game 2 will follow on Thursday.

From there: game 3 is May 24th, game 4 is May 26th, game 5 is May 28th, game 6 is May 30th and game 7 would be June 1st.

An Indy Doubleheader

Mark your calendars and then start your engines.

For the first time since 2013, Indianapolis will be hosting the Indianapolis 500 and a Pacers home game on the same day.

It will happen on May 25th. The race begins the day, then game 3 of the Ostfinal is in Indy that night.

Award season

There is still no word about when the NBA will announce the MVP this season. It will be the Shai Gilgeous-Alexander by Oklahoma City, Nikola Jokic by Denver or Milwaukees Giannis Antetocounmpo.

Also come in the next few weeks: The All-NBA, all-rookie and all-defensive teams.

Other awards so far:

– Sam Presti from Oklahoma City won the Executive of the Year.

– Kenny Atkinson from Cleveland won Coach of the Year. He also won the same award of the National Basketball Coaches Association.

– Bostons Jrue Holiday was awarded the Social Justice Award and the Sportsmanship Award.

– Dyson Daniels in Atlanta won most of the improved players.

– The Stephon Castle by San Antonios won rookie of the year.

-Stephen Curry von Golden State won the Twyman-Stokes teammate of the year.

– Draymond Green from Golden State won the Hustle Award.

– Evan Mobley from Cleveland won the defensive player of the year.

– Jalen Brunson of New York won the Clutch player of the year.

– Bostons Payton Pritchard won the sixth man of the year.

Get managers

The games with the highest score of players in this year's playoffs:

48 – Donovan Mitchell, Cleveland against Indiana, May 6th

44 – Nikola Jokic, Denver in Oklahoma City, May 13th

43 – Donovan Mitchell, Cleveland against Indiana, May 9, May 9

43 – Jamal Murray, Denver against La Clippers, April 29

43 – Anthony Edwards, Minnesota against La Lakers, April 27th

42 – Jayson Tatum, Boston in New York, May 12th

42 – Nikola Jokic, Denver in Oklahoma City, May 5th

40 – Jalen Brunson, New York in Detroit, May 1st

39 – Jalen Brunson, New York against Boston, May 12th

39 – Kawhi Leonard, La Clippers in Denver, April 21st

Important upcoming events

Tuesday – game 1, Western Conference Finals.

Wednesday – game 1, Finale of the Eastern Conference.

June 1 – Last possible date for game 7 of the Western Conference Final.

June 2 – Last possible date for game 7 of the final of the Eastern Conference.

June 5 – game 1, NBA final. (Other games: June 8, June 11, June 13, June 16, June 19, and if necessary June 7th and June 7th, June 22nd.)

June 25 – NBA Draft, first round.

June 26 – NBA Draft, second round.

Design lottery

Dallas had 1.8% chances of winning number 1 in the Draft lottery – however, overcame these opportunities and now has the opportunity to design Cooper Flag. The Mavericks won the lottery on Monday evening in Chicago.

– Flagg, only one child from Maine, has not forgotten his roots

– From Rutgers to lottery for Harper, Bailey

– A Chinese teenager is a hopeful design and has big shoes to fill

– Mavs win lottery

– Rick Welts has seen that before

Remarkable stories

– Stephen Curry hands over his “basketball dust”

– Phil Knight is not interested in buying Trail Blazer

– Pat Riley speaks: about heat in the future, about Jimmy Butler when he is 80

-Thies are the playoffs of the big comeback, in which no 20-point lead is safe.

– Gregg Popovich's new job: 'El Jefe'

– Spurs trainer Gregg Popovich steps down.

– Mitch Johnson takes over Pop in San Antonio.

– Appreciation: Gregg Popovich has changed the NBA.

– A look at the numbers of this season that went into the playoffs

Comeback season

In these playoffs there were five victories of teams that have so far been looked up for 20 points or more points. This is most of it every night during the play-by-play era that started with the 1997 playoffs.

The biggest deficits that have been successfully overcome:

29-Oklahoma City in Memphis, April 24 (Thunder won 114-108)

20-Indiana against Milwaukee, April 29 (Pacers won 119-118)

20-New York in Boston, May 5 (Knicks won 108-105)

20-Indiana in Cleveland, May 6th (Pacers won 120-119)

20-New York in Boston, May 7th (Knicks won 91-90)

Statistics of the day

-Boston's loss means that this will be the seventh year in a row without a two-way champion in the NBA. The Golden State was the last of those in 2017 and 2018.

-Inlicht, OG Anunoby is now the sixth player in Knick's story with 200 3-clayers in one season. The others: Donte Divincenzo (328 last season), John Starks (247 in 1994-95), Evan Fournier (241 in 2021-22), Jalen Brunson (237 last season) and Julius Randle (235 in 2022-23).

-The Celtics ended the season with 1,613 3-converter, which shy from the NBA record sum that they did last season. These 13 missing 3s obviously add 39 points; You lost game 6 against New York by 38 points.

Quote of the day

“This is the price you pay for trying to pursue something. And that's how it works.” – Boston coach Joe Mazzulla after the Celtics were eliminated by the Knicks.

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