SportsLine expert Matt Severance, who has gone 164-91-1 in his last 256 NBA picks, shares his NBA Finals MVP award best bets and predictions

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander or Tyrese Haliburton will most likely be this year's NBA Finals MVP. But they're not completely without challengers.

Thibodeau pressed some of the right buttons during the Eastern Conference finals. One of the most prominent was adding guards Delon Wright and Landry Shamet to the rotation, and he watched it pay off as the Knicks piled up stops almost instantly against a previously unstoppable Indiana group.

Inside the NBA” will continue on ESPN next season, but the show’s longtime relationship with TNT ends with the Eastern Conference finals.

The run of “Inside the NBA” on TNT came to an end Saturday night after nearly four decades as a fixture of the league.