Progsport Basketball Prediction

Dallas took a good chance of qualifying by winning Game 5 at the Paycom Center in OKC 72 hours ago. A match to which we will return immediately, probably one of the most successful for the Dallas Mavericks in 2023-2024. Like most play-off matches this season, the first quarter will be very balanced between the two teams. 22-24 Dallas in the 1st quarter. However, at the start of the 2nd quarter, the gap will slowly widen in favor of the Texans. 27-33, 27-35, 27-38. A fatal gap, the turning point of the match undeniably, because subsequently the Thunder will never be able to get back in front. Dallas and Doncic did the hard part by winning Game 5 92-104, all that's left to do now is to finish for the Texans at home. Leader of the regular season in the West at the end of the regular season, the Thunder massacred the New Orleans Pelicans in the first round 4-0. A show of strength in which boys like SGA, Dort and Williams actively participated. A performance which demonstrated the milestone reached by this young Thunder team. However, there is no need to specify the precarious situation in which coach Daigneault's young squad finds itself. In the experiment Dallas won the 5. A term perhaps overused, but not as much as you think. Indeed, Dallas has revisited its bases. A fair and collective Luka Doncic firstly and a very, very strong defense. Never since the start of the play-offs has OKC scored fewer than 93 points. The awakening is expected for the leader of the Western Conference in the regular season, otherwise, this is the last we talk about it in 23-24.

The New York Knicks finished the 2023-24 regular season in 2nd place in the Eastern Conference 50 wins – 32 losses. Let us note the uniqueness of this breathtaking journey. We expected Philly and Milwaukee, or even Cleveland ahead, however NY produced great basketball in order to make up its runner-up ticket in the regular season behind the Boston Celtics. After finishing the regular season with 5 consecutive successes, NY did not lose control by winning its first round in the East in front of the Philly 76ers 4-2. A deserved success to which we can add the presences throughout the series of Maxey and Embiid. NY did not take advantage of their opponent's absences to make the difference. Regarding this semi-final, NY won its 3 matches at home 121-117, 130-121, 121-91 and lost the 3 at Indiana 111-106, 121-89, 116-103. 6th in the East, Indiana also demonstrated a remarkable performance in the play-offs by beating the Milwaukee Bucks in the 1st round. However concerning them, the injuries to Giannis throughout the series and Lillard matches 4 and 5 facilitated the smooth running of operations, let's not be naive. Mentioned a little above, Indiana and NY won all the home games in this series. Neither team in 6 meetings managed to find the flaws in the opposing defense under the impetus of an austere public. On the edge of the precipice, Indiana was obliged to win in the 6th at home or risk being eliminated. Start of the match yet tight between the two teams, NY was even in front a short distance from the end of the 1st quarter 27-24, however Indy accelerated in the 2nd 32-21, and the 3rd 27-24 to win easily on arrival 116-103.