It's the Mike Francesa podcast on the BetRivers Network.

Hello again, everybody, and welcome to the Mike Francesa podcast, part of the BetRivers Network, as we join you on this Tuesday and get ready for the NBA conference finals, which will begin tonight as Minnesota takes on OKC.

So when you look at the final four, and of course the

paces and the Knicks will begin what should be a very interesting series tomorrow

night at MSG, four teams, okay, teams that have something to prove, teams that are either on the way up, are, you know,

teams that haven't been to the dance or been to a finals in a very long time, or teams like

Oklahoma City, which are building towards something and clearly

building towards something now Oklahoma cities of the final four Oklahoma City is the heavy

favorite they're minus 167 the Knicks is an example of plus 450 to win it all but the Knicks

have a great path to the finals, and then they have a punches chance.

They deserve to be a decided underdog against OKC, which I think will be standing there.

If it's Minnesota, I think the Knicks have a great chance to win a championship,

but I do not think it will be Minnesota. I'll get to that in a minute. Right now, the Knicks are 152, so there are seven or five favorite. Oklahoma City is a three and a half to one favorite. Let me start with the Oklahoma City series and get that out of way quickly. Neither team is great offensively.

Oklahoma City is not a great half-court team, and they're not a great team in late-game situations.

They don't run a lot of stuff.

Their game is predicated on their youth, their size, their length.

They're very good defensively.

They're deep.

They will kill you off turnovers.

Minnesota turns the ball over a lot.

If they turn the ball over, which has been their propensity in the playoffs, they will get

killed in the series.

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