The second round of the 2025 NBA Playoffs was full of carnage, and no one could have anticipated the last four teams left standing. The Oklahoma City Thunder and Minnesota Timberwolves are meeting for the Western Conference championship.

What word encapsulates the state of the Knicks, Pacers, Thunder and Wolves as they take part in the conference finals?

The New York Knicks haven't won an NBA championship since 1973. The Indiana Pacers won their most recent title that year — in the ABA. The Oklahoma City Thunder franchise has one title in its history, that coming in 1979 when the team called Seattle home. And the Minnesota Timberwolves have never even been to the NBA Finals.

A Vezina-winning caliber season in 2016-17, when he earned a 0.931 save percentage and saved 45 goals above expected, ended in a five-game Round 1 elimination. Bobrovsky’s save percentage plummeted to 0.

The NHL Eastern and Western Conference finals are starting this week. Which of the four possibilities would make the best Stanley Cup Final?

The second-seeded Terps put in another strong defensive effort to beat the Hoyas, 9-6, and set up a national semifinal matchup with Syracuse.

The NBA conference finals get underway on Tuesday and the Oklahoma City Thunder, fresh off a blowout victory over the Denver Nuggets in Game 7 on Sunday, are the big favorites (-180) to win the NBA championship.

The matchups are set for the 2025 NBA conference finals, as the Thunder will meet the Timberwolves in the Western Conference Finals and the Knicks will play the Pacers in the Eastern Conference Finals.