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Which NBA Finals matchup is most compelling? We're ranking all four possible series

Kevin Pelton

created: May 24, 2025, 2:41 p.m. | updated: May 24, 2025, 6:42 p.m.

(1:05)Open Extended ReactionsWhichever two teams emerge from the NBA's conference finals will produce a Finals matchup we've never seen before. As the conference finals heat up heading into Friday's Game 2 between the New York Knicks and Indiana Pacers (8 p.m. As for Finals teams trading players with each other, it's almost never happened since that Sonics-Nuggets trade. Conley lost in the conference finals with the Memphis Grizzlies in 2013 and with Minnesota last year, and finally breaking through would be a great story. After SGA defeated Jamal Murray and the Denver Nuggets in the conference semifinals and cousin Nickeil Alexander-Walker's Timberwolves in the conference finals, Pacers wing Andrew Nembhard would presumably defend Gilgeous-Alexander at times.

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