Jaylen Brown locks up Luka Doncic in Game 5 to seal the Bill Russell trophy as 2024 NBA Finals MVP.

Oklahoma City, the reigning champs and a heavy preseason favorite to repeat, are a massive +125 favorite to win the NBA Finals for a second straight season.

Fourteen wins and 11 losses through 25 games isn’t what a championship-caliber Cavs roster expects. It’s noisy, unsettling and ripe for hot takes. For some fans, a string of ugly losses — like the recent one to an injury-depleted Golden State team — feels like a signal that the ceiling isn’t what we hoped.

Tonight (7:30 ET, Prime), a new run begins for the Thunder against the Suns at Paycom Center in the Cup Quarterfinals. Since that defeat nearly one year ago, Oklahoma City is 71-10 in the regular season, defending NBA champs and the hottest team in the league right now.

PHOENIX -- After being upgraded to questionable on yesterday's injury report, the Phoenix Suns have made the final decision on star guard Devin Booker's status for tonight's NBA Cup quarterfinal matchup against the Oklahoma City Thunder.

The Ohio State Buckeyes have always been big, but this season it crossed into a different universe. The program not only attracted huge crowds to the stadiums, but it also pulled the entire country into its orbit,