A repeat finals (Miami/OKC) is almost a sure thing in my mind. Unless LeBron or Durant go down with injuries I can't see another team beating either of them. Now who wins this time around is debatable. Durant and Westbrook are a year older, and they probably learned a lot from going to the finals last year only to lose. Hopefully they find a way to beat the Heat this time around, as it would be nice to have smaller team like the Thunder win a title.
Aside from the Spurs I can't even remember the last time a small market team won the title... You can't really count Detroit or Houston, so probably all the way back in 1979 when Seattle won their only title.
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