Predicting the Pro Basketball Championship

It’s all come down to this. Will San Antonio establish themselves as the new champion of the league, or will New York give their fans something they’ve been waiting decades to feel again? This Pro Basketball Championship sets up a repeat of the 1999 championship, where San Antonio beat New York 4-1. 27 years later, and New York is ready to exact their revenge with a new cast of All-Stars on both sides of the court. San Antonio is coming off a game seven victory over the reigning champs, Oklahoma City, while New York made quick work of their Eastern Conference rivals, sweeping the last two rounds. Who will win the final series of the Pro Basketball season between these two powerhouse teams? 

The Pro Basketball Championship Format

San Antonio will have home-court advantage in this series after winning 62 games in the regular season. They are the 2-seed in the Western Conference, while New York is the 3-seed in the Eastern Conference with a record of 53-29. The first two games will be in San Antonio. There is a one-day break between them, and a two-day travel break to go to New York for games three and four, with a one-day break in between them. After that, there will be two days in between every game the rest of the series, with games five and seven in San Antonio and game six in New York. The first team to win four games will be the new champion. 

Predicting the Pro Basketball Championship

San Antonio is breaking a lot of norms in their trip to the championship. This is the first playoff run for their young core of Victor Wembanyama, Dylan Harper, and Stephon Castle, and they’ve managed to make it to the championship round. They trailed Oklahoma City 3-2 after five games, and beat them in back-to-back games to win the series and the Western Conference, something no team has done during Oklahoma City’s last two seasons. Wembanyama has led San Antonio to the best defensive rating in the Western Conference. This is their first trip back to the playoffs since 2019, but their seventh championship appearance in franchise history. They’ve won five championships, with their first coming over New York in 1999. Their most recent championship was in 2014, when they defeated LeBron James and the Heat 4-1. That core featured All-Stars and Hall of Famers like Kawhi Leonard, Tim Duncan, Tony Parker, and Manu Ginobili. 12 years later, they’ve established a new core that will hopefully ink their names in the history books. 

New York is hoping this will be their first championship in 53 years. They’ve been in the postseason for five of the last six seasons, making the conference finals twice during that stretch. This playoff run is by far their most dominant of this stretch, losing only two games in the first round to Atlanta and sweeping Philadelphia and Cleveland. They are currently riding a 10-game win streak, tied for the fourth-longest streak in league history. They will be coming off plenty of rest before this series, as they’ve only played eight games in May, and they’ll have eight days off in between their last conference final game and their first finals game. They also closed out all three of their series with 30+ point wins, the first team to ever achieve this feat. Meanwhile, San Antonio will only have three days' rest in between series and have played 13 games in May. Jalen Brunson has been a star for New York, averaging 26.9 points and 6.6 assists in these playoffs. 

Odds for the Pro Basketball Championship

San Antonio is favored to win the championship over New York. Our prediction markets give them a 65% chance of winning this series, equal to -186 odds. If you believe New York will keep their win streak alive and upset San Antonio, you can bet them at +177 odds to win the championship. Our markets are also predicting a longer series between these teams, with a 67% chance to go over 5.5 games and a 36% chance to go over 6.5 games. 

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