Atlanta Hawks - Oklahoma City Thunder

I watched every Mavs playoff game and quite a few Celtics games and I'm taking the Dallas team here, because in some of the games they were constantly improving and now they have reached a level where not only the unbeatable superstars Luka and Kyrie are working, but there are also many supporting players, which used to be their biggest issue: the Twin Towers Lively and Gafford rotate remarkably, they are thrown alley-oops several times in each game period and no one can defend them, not even the better teams like the Timberwolves defending them. Lively didn't miss a single shot throughout the series (16/16), breaking the NBA playoff series record. These numbers are probably all dunks, unless I forgot one lay-up. PJ Washington and Derrick Jones Jr. also help. Both scorers make important 3-pointers, so when they double Luka, the opponents suffer. There were stages when PJ even played better than Kyrie, against OKC. The Mavs sorted out their defense, even Dončič is defending. Luka is undoubtedly the best basketball player in the world, it was evident against the Clippers and OKC that he was playing through injuries, but now he has fully recovered, maybe slowed down a bit, because there were reports of some pain in multiple places. Luka is the first person in NBA history to lead a series in points, rebounds, assists, steals, 3-pointers made, and free throws made on the way to the finals. I can't imagine the Celtics stopping this beast, and on top of that, they have Irving, who usually picks up the pace in the second half of games and is truly unstoppable. It's worth mentioning that Kyrie played in Boston, left, and had a conflict with their fans, so this series is personal for him and I believe he will be even sharper. The Celtics "superstars" Brown and Tatum are not on the same level, even though they have reliable names on the team, but I don't like their style of play. They often try to shoot 3-pointers even if they're not falling, and they had two close losses against weaker teams like the Pacers, and after the game against the Heat without Butler and the Cavs at their home arena, they barely pulled off a victory. The Mavericks look more powerful.

Since I believe that the Mavericks will make it, I would express my opinion in the next comment, it is only natural that I believe that the final MVP will be none other than Luka. The last time a non-winner was MVP was in 1969, and it was the first award of its kind. Since then, the most valuable player is chosen from the team that wins, and I believe that will be Luka, who had a career season in the regular season with record stats of 33.9 points per game, 9.2 rebounds per game, 9.8 assists per game, 38.2% 3-point shooting, and 78.6% free throw shooting. All of these stats were records for him. He came into the playoffs with injuries at times, which didn't stop him from being amazing, but sometimes we could see a drop in his performance. However, against the Timberwolves, we saw that Dončić, who is worthy of all awards: Luka became the first person in NBA history to lead in points, rebounds, assists, steals, field goals made, 3-pointers made, and free throws made on the way to the finals.