{"id":571,"date":"2026-05-18T11:03:45","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T11:03:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southfloridamovingguides.com\/?p=571"},"modified":"2026-05-18T11:03:45","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T11:03:45","slug":"nba-tipoff-only-a-game-7-left-in-round-2-with-cavaliers-pistons-on-sunday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southfloridamovingguides.com\/?p=571","title":{"rendered":"NBA tipoff: Only a Game 7 left in Round 2, with Cavaliers-Pistons on Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>New York has to wait a bit longer to find out its Eastern Conference finals opponent. But in the Western Conference, the final is set \u2014 and it&#8217;ll be the teams that finished with the two best records in the NBA this season.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/southfloridamovingguides.com\/?p=569\">10-game, 10-day homestand continues Saturday for Marlins<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Oklahoma City and San Antonio will play for the West title, their series beginning Monday on the Thunder&#8217;s home floor.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Detroit and Cleveland are headed to a Game 7 on Sunday for the right to play the Knicks for the East crown.<\/p>\n<p>Also Sunday: The NBA&#8217;s Most Valuable Player will be announced shortly after 7:30 p.m. EDT.<\/p>\n<p>Sunday&#8217;s schedule<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Game 7, Cleveland at Detroit, 8 p.m. EDT (Prime)<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Series: Tied, 3-3.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Odds: Detroit by 4.5.<\/p>\n<p>Cleveland has won five consecutive Game 7s, including two on the road. Detroit is 6-1 in its last seven Game 7s. Both teams won a Game 7 in Round 1 and the winner will be the 20th team in NBA history to prevail in multiple Game 7s in the same postseason.<\/p>\n<p>Monday&#8217;s schedule<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Game 1, San Antonio at Oklahoma City, 8:30 p.m. EDT (NBC, Peacock)<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Odds: Oklahoma City by 6.5.<\/p>\n<p>The Spurs went 4-1 against the Thunder (the teams played five times because of the NBA Cup) during the regular season. If the series goes the full seven games, it&#8217;ll mark only the second instance in the last 30 years of two teams meeting 12 times in the same season (Golden State and Houston did it last season).<\/p>\n<p>Friday&#8217;s recap<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pistons 115, Cavaliers 94 to tie series 3-3.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Spurs 139, Timberwolves 109 to win series 4-2.<\/p>\n<p>Conference finals schedule<\/p>\n<p>The NBA Finals will start on June 3. And \u2014 thanks to San Antonio closing out Minnesota on Friday night \u2014 it&#8217;s now certain that there will be at least two off days between the end of the conference finals and the title series.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Eastern Conference finals will start Tuesday, then have Game 2 Thursday, Game 3 on Saturday, Game 4 on May 25, Game 5 on May 27 (if necessary), Game 6 on May 29 (if necessary) and Game 7 on May 31 (if necessary). Detroit will host Games 1, 2, 5 and 7 if it reaches that series; otherwise, New York will play host to Cleveland in those four games.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Western Conference finals will start Monday in Oklahoma City, with Game 2 there on Wednesday. Game 3 is at San Antonio on Friday, Game 4 is at San Antonio on May 24, Game 5 is at Oklahoma City on May 26 (if necessary), Game 6 is at San Antonio on May 28 (if necessary) and Game 7 would be May 30 in Oklahoma City (if necessary).<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Oklahoma City-San Antonio winner will have homecourt advantage in the NBA Finals.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/southfloridamovingguides.com\/?p=567\">Inter Miami hosts Orlando City in first Florida derby at Nu Stadium<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Awards watch<\/p>\n<p>Finally, a big update here \u2014 the MVP announcement is coming on Sunday night, with either Oklahoma City&#8217;s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, San Antonio&#8217;s Victor Wembanyama or Denver&#8217;s Nikola Jokic set to win the award.<\/p>\n<p>Other awards handed out so far:<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Defensive Player of the Year: Wembanyama.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Clutch Player of the Year: Gilgeous-Alexander.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sixth Man of the Year: Keldon Johnson, San Antonio.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sportsmanship Award: Derrick White, Boston.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Most Improved Player: Nickeil Alexander-Walker, Atlanta.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rookie of the Year: Cooper Flagg, Dallas.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Executive of the Year: Brad Stevens, Boston.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Twyman-Stokes Teammate of the Year: DeAndre Jordan, New Orleans.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Hustle Award: Moussa Diabat\u00e9, Charlotte.<\/p>\n<p>Among the announcements still to come:<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Coach of the Year: San Antonio&#8217;s Mitch Johnson, Detroit&#8217;s J.B. Bickerstaff, or Boston&#8217;s Joe Mazzulla.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Social Justice Champion Award: Miami&#8217;s Bam Adebayo San Antonio&#8217;s Harrison Barnes, Boston&#8217;s Jaylen Brown, Detroit&#8217;s Tobias Harris or Cleveland&#8217;s Larry Nance Jr.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The All-NBA, All-Defensive and All-Rookie teams.<\/p>\n<p>Betting odds<\/p>\n<p>Defending champion Oklahoma City (-165) is favored to win the NBA title, according to oddsmakers.<\/p>\n<p>The Thunder are followed by San Antonio (+300), New York (+600), Detroit (+3000) and Cleveland (+8000).<\/p>\n<p>Key dates<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Monday: Western Conference finals begin on NBC and Peacock.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tuesday: Eastern Conference finals begin on ESPN and ABC.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 June 3: Game 1, NBA Finals on ABC. (Other finals dates: June 5, June 8, June 10, June 13, June 16 and June 19).<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 June 23: Round 1, NBA draft.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 June 24: Round 2, NBA draft.<\/p>\n<p>Quote of the day<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe&#8217;ve got good guidance. We&#8217;ve got a good coaching staff \u2014 the best, actually. We can trust them.\u201d \u2014 San Antonio&#8217;s Victor Wembanyama, on Spurs coach Mitch Johnson and his staff.<\/p>\n<p>Stats of the day<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 It&#8217;ll take 69 games to finish the first two rounds of the NBA playoffs. That ties for the fourth-most in playoff history (it took 72 games to get through Rounds 1 and 2 in 2003 and 2014, and 71 games in 2006).<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Cleveland&#8217;s James Harden will play in his ninth Game 7 on Sunday. He&#8217;ll be the 11th player in the last 60 years to play in at least nine Game 7s.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/southfloridamovingguides.com\/?p=565\">Inter Miami collapses late, falls 4-3 to Orlando City<\/a><\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>AP NBA: https:\/\/apnews.com\/nba<\/p>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York has to wait a bit longer to find out its Eastern Conference finals opponent. 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