Oklahoma City’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander seems to have shaken off his now-traditional Game 1 blahs. San Antonio’s Victor Wembanyama is putting up numbers the likes of which haven’t been seen in a conference finals for about a half-century.

In the last two days, the NBA has delivered incredible basketball and even Arkansas Razorbacks head coach John Calipari feels refreshed about the sport so much that he wants the college basketball season to start tomorrow.

Josh Hart scored a playoff career-high 26 points, Jalen Brunson had 19 points and 14 assists, and the New York Knicks moved halfway to their first NBA Finals appearance since 1999 by beating the Cleveland Cavaliers 109-93 on Thursday night.

The San Antonio Spurs and Oklahoma City Thunder look like they're playing a different sport than the Sixers.

The Western Conference Finals continue Friday night with the series tied 1-1 as the San Antonio Spurs play host to the Oklahoma City Thunder on NBC and Peacock. When the first two games are split in a best-of-seven series,

Follow along with Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals with the NBA.com live blog, as the Cavaliers and Knicks tip off from Madison Square Garden.

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