- Celtics at Pistons (Detroit -2.5, total 225.5), 76ers at Knicks (New York -5.5, total 231.5 per BetMGM today), Thunder at Spurs (San Antonio -2.5). The Knicks-Sixers line was -4.5 in August and is now -5.5 — early respect for the champs on banner-raising night against LeBron James and Jaylen Brown's new-look Sixers.
- The Knicks are defending their first championship in over 50 years. San Antonio-Oklahoma City is the West's premier rivalry now: the Spurs knocked out the defending-champion Thunder in seven last spring, and OKC opens as an underdog on night one.
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