ESPN's Shams Charania reported an awaited change to the NBA Finals. NBA fans have long been clamoring for the return of a missing piece to the championship series. Adam Silver and league leaders have had to work around player safety issues to enact this change. NBA fans have felt that something has been missing from the Finals in recent years.

Nuggets-Knicks: After pushing the Thunder to Game 7 in last year’s Western Conference Semifinals, this time around it is Nikola Jokić and the bolstered Nuggets that prevail in seven games in the Western Conference Finals to dethrone Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and OKC and guarantee an eighth straight season with a new NBA champion.

The three-time All-Star scored a career-high 55 points, 15 coming after regulation Thursday to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to a second straight double-overtime win, this time over defending Eastern Conference champion Indiana 141-135.

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ESPN star Brian Windhorst claimed the NBA knew of the betting irregularities regarding Rozier’s March 23, 2023 game while with the Hornets and “pulled him.”