Yes, the NBA finals are beginning, just five and a half months after the season began on Christmas day of 2011. And, as per usual, it has two teams which were contenders at the beginning of the season in the Oklahoma City Thunder and the defending Eastern Conference Champion Miami Heat. This should be a very exciting series, as both teams match up pretty well with each other. Both teams like to run an up tempo game, so these games should be fairly exciting and relatively high scoring, with both teams reaching the century mark somewhat frequently. But, Oklahoma City just faced a perennial contender in the San Antonio Spurs and after losing the first two games, swept them right out of the playoffs by playing stellar defense. That is what I expect the Thunder to do for this series. Oklahoma City has one big downfall, and that is lack of experience, as everyone in the starting five, except for Kendrick Perkins has not been in an NBA Finals. Granted, they do have leadership with Derek Fisher through the bench, but he can only help so much. Whereas everyone on the Heat has some Finals experience, as they return basically everyone from last season's trip to the Finals. This will be a very exciting series, but go with the Thunder to win it all.
Pick: Thunder in 6.
