The Knicks had previously received nearly no betting interest in this series or all season long, having just received 3.4 percent of the NBA Finals betting handle at BetMGM. Even with the odds favoring them, the Knicks still have to close out the defending champions.

The Oklahoma City Thunder are the odds-on favorite to win the 2025 NBA Championship entering Game 5 against the Denver Nuggets on Wednesday. The Thunder moved to -105 win the Finals with the New York Knicks jumping from 18-1 to the second-shortest favorite at +500.

Game 2 looked a lot like Game 1 for New York with a 20-point deficit, a lopsided scoring run and a Mikal Bridges steal to ice the win.

On Monday, ESPN's Brian Windhorst revealed that there's a chance for Antetokounmpo to be traded to the New York Knicks. While the Knicks don’t have a surplus of future draft picks to offer Milwaukee, they do have a strong pool of players they could include in a potential trade package.

The Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma City Thunder and Cleveland Cavaliers, the top seeds in the playoffs and owners of the best regular-season records in the NBA, find themselves in dire need of wins as they host Game 5s in the conference semifinals on Tuesday night.

The Boston Celtics and Oklahoma City Thunder looked very much like the dominant teams they were during the regular season in securing lopsided first-round playoff series wins. Suddenly, both teams are facing their first dose of adversity this postseason following Game 1 losses to open Round 2.

Oklahoma City Thunder: +125 (bet $10 to win $22.50 total ... 900 (bet $10 to win $100 total) New York Knicks: +1300 (bet $10 to win $140 total) Denver Nuggets: +1600 (bet $10 to win $170 ...

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander said the Oklahoma City Thunder "came out desperate," sparking an NBA-record-setting blowout of the Denver Nuggets to climb back into the Western Conference semifinals series.