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NBA playoffs: Bracket & complete coverage

OKLAHOMA CITY — If the NBA’s championship series can be considered the last test before summer for each of the participating teams — their Finals exam, so to speak — one advantage over the college and high school versions that tormented so many of us is, these guys know the questions in advance.

Now it’s all about how the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Indiana Pacers answer them.

Appropriately, there are seven here, a nod to the series’ maximum possible length. The team that does better, best of seven, will claim the Larry O’Brien Trophy.

1. How will the Pacers slow down Shai Gilgeous-Alexander?

Nobody shut down this season’s Kia Most Valuable Player and scoring champion, so slowing Gilgeou

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