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Thunder in 6; and click here with your NBA Finals questions
Published: 6/12/2012 6:54 PM
Last Modified: 6/12/2012 6:57 PM

Tip off of Game 1 of the NBA Finals approaches, and this figures to be a pretty entertaining series.

Doug Graham, one of our main editors in sports, commented this afternoon that this might be the greatest collection of "in its prime" talent to play in an NBA Final since the great Celtics-Lakers battles in the 1980s.

It's hard to argue when the two greatest players in the game -- Kevin Durant and LeBron James -- share the same floor.

From this seat, James figures to be the X-factor in the series. If he can string four games together like his Game 6 in the Eastern Conference finals against the Celtics (45 points, 15 rebounds), the Heat will win the series.

But I'm betting -- and so are a lot of people in Vegas -- that he can't.

The first two games are important for the Thunder. Hold serve at home, and OKC would seem a good bet to return home needing one win to claim the NBA title -- if not returning home with the trophy already in hand.

Lose either of the first two games and things get much harder.

Before the Western Conference final, I thought both San Antonio and OKC were better than the Heat. I'll stick with that and say Thunder in six... but you know what I said the last series.

If you have any questions about the NBA Finals or want to leave any comments about Game 1, drop them at the bottom of this blog.

I'll post a fresh blog near tip off of each of the first four games. I'll be in the office monitoring the games and can answer any questions you might have... or will get our writers covering the Finals to provide an answer.

Enjoy the show. It should be great.

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sherlock (8 months ago)

Lets dont get over confident, The Heat is no slouch of a Team folks.........Go Thunder!

Tulsa World Sports Editor Michael Peters (8 months ago)

It's definitely not over, but Game 1 was a very good start.

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