Two teams that had a tragic season despite qualifying for the top spots. Eagles ended the season in 2nd place, while Lotte narrowly missed the playoffs, but promised new players to make big improvements. However, the results showed weak defense. Both teams will start the games with weak pitchers, although Lotte has a 2.96 ERA, it is misleading because his career average in 7 seasons is 4.86 ERA, and Eagles have a 6.16 ERA. The wind will be favorable only at the beginning of the game, but it should not change the course of the game for this overachieving team.
Geneva ATP Ruud looks great and is playing very well after the final in Italy. So far, Switzerland Ruud hasn't lost a single set and it doesn't seem like that will change against Popyrin. Although Popyrin had some decent performances in the last couple of tournaments, the Norwegian is unbeatable and also recently won 2-0 against Ruud in the Monte Carlo tournament, so I hope for the same result in Switzerland.
Why not, OKC has a beastly lineup, with the league MVP, solid veterans, but they don't have a Wemby among them which I believe will determine the winner of this series. In my eyes, the Spurs are already prepared to go all the way, as they possess a strong supporting cast with Fox, Vessell, Harper, and Castle showing great form. And the fact that the Spurs are the team that can knock out OKC has been evident this season, with a regular season series win of 3-1, and those losses weren't by just 1 or 2 points, they were by 20, 15 and 10, which shows a lack of respect for the Spurs team.