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The home team has won every single game of this series so far, New York’s average margin of victory at Madison Square Garden is 14.3 points. Game 7s are usually dominated by home teams, in 149 such games in NBA history the road team has triumphed just 37 times. I have the banged up Knicks advancing to their first Conference Finals since 2000.

Don’t put too much stock into Denver’s 45-point Game 6 loss, as the defending champs had to expend plenty of energy to come back from 0-2 and simply had an off-shooting night. Some positive three-point shooting variance should help the Nuggets return to the Western Conference Finals for a second straight season.

The home team has won every single game of this series so far, New York’s average margin of victory at Madison Square Garden is 14.3 points. Game 7s are usually dominated by home teams, in 149 such games in NBA history the road team has triumphed just 37 times. I have the banged up Knicks advancing to their first Conference Finals since 2000.

Don’t put too much stock into Denver’s 45-point Game 6 loss, as the defending champs had to expend plenty of energy to come back from 0-2 and simply had an off-shooting night. Some positive three-point shooting variance should help the Nuggets return to the Western Conference Finals for a second straight season.

Don’t put too much stock into Denver’s 45-point Game 6 loss, as the defending champs had to expend plenty of energy to come back from 0-2 and simply had an off-shooting night. Some positive three-point shooting variance should help the Nuggets return to the Western Conference Finals for a second straight season.

The Knicks are great outsiders to win the Eastern Conference but backing them each-way for the title offers a better return. The Knicks were second in the regular season and they’ve improved since adding OG Anunoby midway through the campaign. The former Toronto Raptor has been on a title-winning roster, while he’s a solid postseason option and a defensive superstar. The Knicks have Jalen Brunson in the form of his life, so they’re fantastic outsiders to win the East.

The Mavericks’ 16-2 run down the stretch proved they can be a postseason force. They’ve got the best backcourt in the West, while defensive upgrades in February have made them really hard to stop. The Mavs have become very efficient offensively in the back-half of the campaign and in Luka Doncic they boast a near unstoppable offensive force, alongside NBA champion Kyrie Irving.