Sharp or Square - NBA CONFERENCE FINALS BETTING UPDATE: Knicks vs. Cavs, Spurs vs. OKC
The Herd with Colin Cowherd
iHeartPodcasts and The Volume
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🗓️ 20 May 2026
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
Only four NBA squads remain in contention for the Larry O'Brien Trophy, as the best basketball teams in the world battle on the hardwood. Betting expert Chad Millman and professional gambler Simon Hunter welcome back NBA expert Jason Timpf of the Hoops Tonight podcast to break down the NBA Conference Finals from a betting perspective.
The San Antonio Spurs sent shockwaves across the sporting world with an otherworldly performance in Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals last night against the Oklahoma City Thunder. Two-time MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander fell short against Victor Wembanyama, who put on one of the greatest playoff displays in basketball history. Do they have what it takes to finish off the defending champions?
In the Eastern Conference Finals, Jalen Brunson and Karl-Anthony Towns have the favored New York Knicks ready punch their tickets to the NBA Finals against Donovan Mitchell, James Harden, and the Cleveland Cavaliers. With Madison Square Garden will be rocking like never before, do the Cavs stand a chance in the Big Apple? Chad, Simon, and Jason offer their best bets, picks and predictions on all the NBA playoff action. #Volume #Herd
0:03:00 - START
0:05:47 - GUEST JASON TIMPF
0:06:40 - WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS PREDICTIONS
0:24:13 - SPURS THUNDER GAME 2 BEST BETS
0:31:33 - CAVALIERS VS. KNICKS PICKS & PREDICTIONS
0:49:30 - NBA FINALS BETTING PICKS & PREDICTIONS
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:04.9 | Welcome to Sharper Square, presented by Hard Rock Bet. |
| 0:09.2 | We are part of the volume podcast network. |
| 0:11.8 | This is the show that makes the square sharper and makes the wise guys. |
| 0:14.9 | Pay attention. |
| 0:15.7 | I am Chad Millman. |
| 0:16.5 | I am joining. |
| 0:17.3 | As always, by my co-host, my BFF, my companion, my compadre, professional better, |
| 0:23.4 | Simon Hunter. Hello, Simon. |
| 0:28.4 | Chad, how we doing? |
| 0:29.9 | Brother. I don't know if it was in the stars, in the moon, in the zodiac signs, or what? But last night, I watched that overtime thriller |
| 0:43.7 | between the Canadians and the Sabres and then got to click over to the end of Spurs Thunder, |
| 0:50.9 | which I've been watching in multi-view. but then, like, it got to overtime, |
| 0:55.7 | and I just had to watch in its full glory, those Sabres and Canadians. And it's amazing. And I feel |
| 1:02.0 | for Matt Mitchell, who we were watching the game, you know, texting with, who obviously loves |
| 1:06.3 | this, I call him the Sabres, loves the Sabres. And he's devastated, but that game was insane. |
| 1:14.0 | But then it ended right when the Spurs and Thunder got close in the final minutes |
| 1:20.0 | and then went into double overtime, glorious night. |
| 1:26.4 | Glorious, glorious night of sports worth staying up. |
| 1:30.8 | My kid, who's back from college, got home just as overtime of the Canadians was starting. |
| 1:37.7 | And he's like, I cannot believe you're still up. |
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