2026 NBA Finals: The best stats and facts

About this episode

The episode discusses the 2026 NBA Finals, highlighting key statistics and player performances.

Victor Wembanyama is the youngest player in NBA history to lead a Finals team in scoring during the regular season. Dave DuFour and Es Baraheni are joined by stats genius Keerthika Uthayakumar to look at the Knicks historic playoff run, Dylan Harper's bench scoring output, and how each team got to the Finals. Join our Discord! https://discord.gg/eme2tPcUM2 Host: Dave DuFour With: Es Baraheni and Keerthika Uthayakumar Executive Producer: Andrew Schlecht Audio/Video Producer: Lara Sinclair Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Dave DuFour

Guests: Es Baraheni, Keerthika Uthayakumar

Topics covered

• NBA Finals
• basketball statistics
• playoff analysis
• team performance
• player achievements

Keywords

• NBA Finals
• Victor Wembanyama
• Knicks
• Dylan Harper
• playoff run
• basketball stats

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Knicks, Acast, Andrew Schlecht, Lara Sinclair

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