The Cleveland Cavaliers are the heavy favorite to reach the NBA Finals next season since Indiana Pacers guard Tyrese Haliburton won’t play and Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum could miss the entire campaign as well.

With that in mind, let's take a look at all 16 of the potential NBA Finals matchups and rank them on how much we would want to watch them. 1. Thunder vs. Celtics

The Milwaukee Bucks underwent a significant change but that doesn't mean they should be counted out from the NBA playoffs.

According to David Aldridge of The Athletic, the Pacers did not make the right moves this offseason. In fact, he ranked their offseason as the third worst in the entire NBA. Aldridge essentially blames the Tyrese Haliburton injury as the biggest reason for them not to make many moves this summer.

Blake Griffin has made his early predictions for the NBA Finals matchup and MVP for 2025-26, and the Thunder didn't get much love.

TicketsTournament groups and formatSchedule and datesT-Mobile Arena seat mapFAQsThe Emirates NBA Cup — formerly known as the In-Season Tournament — felt like a gimmicky play by Adam Silver and the suits when it first got introduced.

This article was originally published on www.si.com/nba/mavericks as One glaring reason Mavericks could miss NBA playoffs. The Dallas Mavericks are hoping to move up from their No. 10 spot in the Western Conference playoff picture in the upcoming season.

Jalen McDaniels has turned into the definition of an NBA journeyman lately. McDaniels is now with his eighth organization since being a late second-round pick in 2019.