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What you need to know about the NBA finals

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0:00NBA fans are absolutely losing it over

0:02this year's finals. The long-suffering

0:04New York Knicks, who have not won a

0:05championship since 1973, are facing off

0:08against the San Antonio Spurs, who are

0:10led by a 7'5" 22-year-old Frenchman,

0:13Victor Wembanyama. If you are not an NBA

0:16obsessive, here's what you need to know

0:17to follow along. Let's start with the

0:19Spurs. They're a great young team, but

0:22their biggest player, as I said before,

0:24is Wembanyama. He is an absolute

0:26out-of-this-world athlete, so much so

0:28that his nickname is the alien. And this

0:30is his first playoff appearance. It's

0:32not just that he's the tallest and best

0:34defensive player in the league. He's

0:36also skilled on offense, and can handle

0:38the ball, make tricky plays, and shoot

0:40from anywhere. This sets up a great

0:42fight with the Knicks, whose leader

0:43Jalen Brunson is the league's shortest

0:45superstar. He's an unreal scorer,

0:47especially in crunch time, and he turned

0:49the Knicks into a contender after two

0:51decades as one of the league's worst

0:52teams. Brunson is the opposite of

0:54Wembanyama, and it's not just his

0:55height. Wembanyama was the most

0:57anticipated number one draft pick since

0:59LeBron James. Brunson was a second-round

1:02pick who started as a role player in

1:04Dallas before the New York Knicks signed

1:06him in 2022. While the Spurs beat the

1:08defending champion Oklahoma City Thunder

1:10to get to the finals, and are the narrow

1:12favorites in the betting markets, the

1:14Knicks are on an 11-game win streak in

1:16the playoffs, and have been blowing out

1:18their opponents by unprecedented

1:20margins, winning big games by 30, 40,

1:22even 50 points. All in all, it makes for

1:24one of the most exciting matchups in

1:26years, and even if you don't watch

1:28basketball regularly, I promise you'll

1:30want to see this one. Also, Knicks in

1:32six.