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Chapter 1: What teams are competing in the 2026 NBA Finals?
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Good morning, sweet world, and welcome to the No Dunks podcast presented by FanDuel. It's Monday, June 1st, 2026. This is our NBA Finals preview. I'm J.E. Skeets here on the Classic Factory, and alongside me, as always, Tass Mellis. We are here, basketball lovers. This is for you. Next to him, it's my top shot hot boy, Trey Kirby. Hey, yo.
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Chapter 2: What are the key storylines leading into the Finals?
That's a big, big question. I mean, the fast breaks and all that. But I start there, just watching that whole matchup.
What do you go here with the Spurs' chances of beating the Knicks? What has to happen? Wemby finishes every game. Two of their six losses in the postseason so far. They only have five losses. Two of their five losses? Is that right? No, two of their six. Whatever it is.
One was the concussion against Portland where he smashed his face, and then the other one was against Minnesota when he elbowed Nas Reed in the throat. Those are two losses for the Spurs. They're very, very few. He's going to have to contend with the physicality of the Knicks because I think Towns is a physical player, sometimes to his detriment. OG's a really strong guy.
We're going to see him on Wemby quite a bit. And then Mitchell Robinson gave Wemby some problems during the NBA Cup game. And we saw the way Hartenstein was playing Wemby from games two through seven. The Knicks are going to see that and say, hey, if we can get away with physicality, we're going to do it. And they're going to be able to Rag on Wemby.
But if he's the best player on the court four times out of seven, I think the Spurs will win this series.
Yeah, the other loss that they had was when Wemby was on the floor in the fourth quarter against Minnesota Timberwolves in game one of that series where they played him out of the paint a decent amount because Rudy Gobert was not on the floor. It was Nas Reed at the five. They had to stretch him. That is the entire goal for the opposing team. The entire goal.
You saw it every shot up until the last minute of game seven of OKC Spurs. pursue, get into that paint. But, uh-oh, here comes Wemby like Shea had to do as he was having a monstrous game. He passed out. So that's how the Timberwolves were able to overcome him. And, yes, the neck, the elbow neck, but also, yeah, just playing a guy who can spread him out. So that's where Josh Hart comes into this.
Pretty big factor.
Yeah, I just want to know if the Spurs can slow New York's offense down. And whether or not New York's offense... at the blistering pace it's on in these playoffs is because of subpar competition in the East, or it's just like total domination here.
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Chapter 3: What are the main matchups to watch in this series?
I mean, not long ago, obviously. Was it two years ago? This is a game... Wasn't there a game where Wemby took the ball and chucked it in the crowd?
Oh, yeah. He definitely did that.
That was the game Brunson scored a ton of points. So I think he's going to get his... I can't wait for clutch games here. You're right. Like we saw in Game 7 in the last series, Thunder Spurs. I don't think the Knicks are like... going to continue to win by double digits here if they do win some games here. So these will be close games. I can't wait for Captain Clutch there, Brunson.
But to answer the key matchup to watch, we already talked about it, so we'll move quickly. But just like, who does OG guard? I'm fascinated to see, like, is his primary assignment Wemby? Or is his primary assignment someone like Castle? Because there is only one OG. There's other good defenders, especially Bridges on a perimeter guy with his length and his speed, but...
OG is the one where you're like, shut that off, or at least contain that. And he's like, okay, I gotcha. Elite on defense, and he's been giving them, obviously, like 20 points per game offensively, too. And that's the other part. Like, OG and Mikael Bridges, all these points in the paint, a lot of them have been those guys, right? Either backdoor cuts, sometimes in transition, all that stuff.
They're attacking those two. but they've attacked these teams in the Sixers and the Cavs that do not have Wemby Nyama. And it's like, it just takes like one or two shots where an OG tries to body like Wemby or something, and he just gets it completely erased because they'll have the reach on this guy. And I'm like, that just gets in your head, I think, as an offensive player. Of course.
Where you start going, well, that worked for the last three rounds. I might have to change that up. I might have to pull up now in a floater, kiss it off the glass, and try and beat him early. So... We'll see how they adapt. Or maybe we'll just try and barrel through this guy. I mean, that is the, you know, Jared McCain had a few plays where it worked. Got some burly guys.
They do.
They do. And, you know, that's, of course, what they tell you, right? Don't be afraid of it. Actually create the contact first. And he's light. So he's going to bump off you. Problem is he bumps off you and he can still block you while he's sitting on the bench with his reach. This looks like a sick game, though. This Brunson 61 point game.
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Chapter 4: What are the key storylines heading into the NBA Finals?
Yeah. Crazy. It's a good storyline that way, you know? You got a little bit more of a story.
Come on, man. I want the clicks. I want a wedgie. Game seven of the NBA Finals. and our social media popping off. All right, New York Post, we need a back page that says, where's wedgie? And it's us dressed up like where's Waldo looking for wedgies. Yeah, okay.
I'll do that for sure.
The New York Post, come on. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Chapter 5: How do the Knicks and Spurs match up in the Finals?
Yeah, I like the idea of 73 and none in the playoffs, and we still smash the record. We, as in I'm getting wedgies. But the record was still smashed by a lot with none in the playoffs. But you know what's better than 73 wedgies? 74 wedgies. A.J. Wilson kind of gave us one.
That was a crazy wedgie. That was really weird. Yeah, really weird. Any other storylines? Yeah, I got a bunch.
fox versus mike brown i've seen this one going around a lot for the kings fans you think the kings are regretting mike brown these days maybe uh maybe fox is a little more important there mike brain calling his first knicks finals that's cool wow very very cool for him uh the dan hausen curse is it still active oh geez yeah well especially dan hausen versus the nuns and the power of uh the almighty lord wow yeah good luck interesting interesting uh who's the corgi picking
Hasn't dropped as far as I can tell yet. Yeah, probably got to record the bounces in the stairwell.
Chapter 6: What are the favorite bets for the NBA Finals?
Did you see that they raised the Corgi's collar to the rafters, a.k.a. the banister, top of the banister?
Pretty funny.
I mean, Spurs fans are going nuts because the Corgi picked them in seven, picked every game right. The video is like, you know, I think it's a Duncan jersey and then another Spurs jersey, and now they've raised...
the collar on the corgi so but i don't know who the corgi is picking here and the collar on the collar to the banister that's good uh the 40 20 rule is up for grabs here the knicks did not win 40 games before 20 losses the spurs did since 2000 only the 04 pistons 06 heat and 21 bucks won the title without winning 40 games of 420 so that's interesting so the knicks must have been pretty damn close
They actually weren't that close. I think they maybe had like 25 losses by the time they got to four. It's something. It's a higher number than you would expect. Yeah, they took off in the second half of the season. And then they had that weird time when they were struggling right after winning the cup. Rest versus rust is big here.
I mean, when one team sweeps and one team goes to game seven, you forget about the team that swept. Like, I don't remember what OG Ananobi looks like.
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Chapter 7: What are the predictions for the NBA Finals outcome?
You know? Karl-Anthony Towns says you have a goatee or a whole beard. I don't know. And then the Spurs, like, will they have a hangover? They just beat the defending champs. Yeah. 64 wins. Two-time MVP. Wemby versus Chet. Like, these are all things that the Spurs have to gear themselves up for. Yeah. And now they've got to go win the NBA Finals. And they celebrated accordingly.
Oh, my goodness.
Like, they did an incredible achievement. I thought they celebrated. Like, yeah, that was tough. And, oh, my God, we've done it. You've got a whole other series to play.
Is that too much? Is that too much? Yeah. And I do. The Knicks being off for so long, I think, is important. They went into the Cavs series after sweeping the second round against Sixers. I was a bit of a dud in game one. Mm-hmm. They were down 22 points. And Brunson saved the day against James Harden and Dean Wade. That, I think, is important. It is important in game one.
We haven't even talked about that they're playing in San Antonio. Basically, home court goes to San Antonio. Very, very different. So those are all factors. My other random factors.
Does home court even matter anymore? No. It starts to feel like it doesn't.
It's so weird. Yeah, I know the game sevens have definitely changed, but I think the start of series is a little, it's different. It's more important. Yeah, throw some random stories here. Will Mitchell Robinson shoot underhand free throws? It's unlikely, but he's got a broken pinky.
It would be awesome. Yeah. Oh my God. Madison Square Garden, I think that would be the loudest it would ever get. I swear if he shot an underhand free throw and hit it. Two for two at the line underhand. It would go insane. They would go bonkers because they're always going nuts when he goes to the line. It's an adventure, right?
They're trying to cheer him through it, but they're holding their breath, and they're sort of groaning and moaning if he misses his third in a row.
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