If you’re a fan of the New Orleans Pelicans, you should pay attention to these NBA Finals even if many basketball fans will ignore it.

This could someday be your Pelicans playing for the Larry O’Brien trophy.

Yeah, I know that’s hard to fathom when the team you cheer for has only made it to the second round of the playoffs just twice since pro hoops returned to New Orleans in 2002.

It's even harder to imagine when you're a small market team often overshadowed by those headline grabbing media darlings in places like Los Angeles, New York or Boston.

But this year’s NBA Finals between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Indiana Pacers should give you a little hope.

It's a rare all- small market Finals matchup that hasn’t been seen in over five decades.

You’d have to go all the way back to

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