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The New York Knicks have certainly waited long enough. The Eastern Conference champions will end up with 10 full days off before they face the San Antonio Spurs in the NBA Finals, compared to just three for the Western Conference champions.
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Plenty will wonder if that rest will lead to rust for New York, but logic expects more fatigue to show up for San Antonio than anything else.
And that edge, however short-lived and intangible, could prove crucial for the Knicks in the NBA Finals beginning on Wednesday, June 3.
Before diving into our NBA picks, let’s take a look at the latest Knicks vs. Spurs NBA Finals odds, including the series price, spread, and total games markets.
Knicks vs Spurs NBA Finals predictions
Pick
Victor Wembanyama Finals MVP
-185
Series to end in Game 6
+210
Karl-Anthony Towns — Most threes made in series
+500
Knicks to win Game 1 & lose series
+475
Odds as of 5-31.
Knicks vs Spurs series odds
Team/Market
Knicks
+175
Spurs
-210
Knicks +1.5 Games
-130
Spurs -1.5 Games
+110
Over 5.5 Games
-165
Under 5.5 Games
+140
Some lookahead lines expected the San Antonio Spurs to be -225 favorites if they won the West, leaving the New York Knicks at about +185. They also suggested the Knicks would be better cast as a +2.5 underdog in the series odds rather than a +1.5 underdog.
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But now that San Antonio escaped the West, it is only a -210 favorite. That may not be much of a move, but cutting the Knicks’ odds to +175 is still more than a 5% move.
For that matter, odds are somewhat heavily set expecting a seven-game series. As a 1.5-game underdog, New York is juiced to -130.
Then why is the series total heavily juiced to -250 on the Under 6.5 games? That difference effectively sums up the chance of the Knicks winning the series. If they do, it is unlikely to be on the road in a Game 7, even if that is the exact path the Spurs just took to slip by the Thunder.
Knicks vs Spurs series preview
Statistical Breakdown
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