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Who will win the nba finals this season?
The 2025–26 NBA season is already concluded — the New York Knicks are champions. Jalen Brunson was named Finals MVP after scoring 45 points in the clinching Game 5 road win, tying Michael Jordan's record. For the 2026–27 season now underway, the San Antonio Spurs enter as the betting favorite at +290, per Fox Sports (June 2026).
Evidence
- Per BBC Sport and NBA.com (June 14, 2026), the Knicks ended a 53-year drought with a 94–90 Game 5 victory over the San Antonio Spurs, recovering from double-digit deficits in all four of their wins.
- The Spurs, Western Conference champions that year, were led by Victor Wembanyama, who per Fox Sports is currently posting 29.1 points, 12 rebounds and 3.9 blocks per game — first in the league in blocks — as the 2026–27 season gets underway.
- For the current 2026–27 campaign, Fox Sports (via bet365, as of November 9) lists the Spurs as sole favorites at +290, with the Oklahoma City Thunder at +475 and the Philadelphia 76ers — a notable new construction featuring Tyrese Maxey, Jaylen Brown, Joel Embiid and LeBron James — at +750.
- Jalen Brunson's performance — 45 points in the clincher — tied Michael Jordan for most points scored on the road in a series-clinching game, per Wikipedia's documented record of the 2026 NBA Finals.
- DAZN's pre-season analysis favored either the Spurs or Thunder to represent the West in the next Finals, with the Eastern Conference projected as a grinding gauntlet.