If the basketball pundits, podcasters and gamblers are correct, the NBA Finals could be a bit of a snoozer.

Pretty much everybody in the media is picking the Oklahoma City Thunder to beat the Indiana Pacers, and most figure it'll be over in five or six games. The betting markets see a blowout too: a quick scan of some online books shows OKC listed as high as -700 to win the series, meaning you have to wager 700 bucks to win 100. The implied odds of the Thunder hoisting the Larry O'Brien Trophy are around 85 per cent.

This all tracks with what we've seen on the court over the last eight months. Oklahoma City dominated the regular season, going a league-best 68-14 (four wins better than anyone else) before sweeping Memphis, defeating three-time MVP Nikola Jokic's Denver Nuggets in seven

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