The three giants couldn't help but laugh out loud after hearing that.

It was obvious that they knew Tang Tian was helping them create a good segment for the show.

And the effect was indeed quite good.

"Alright, I think Kawhi is already mature. In comparison, there’s still a lot Giannis needs to do, so I'm more optimistic about him. Although Kawhi also has some weaknesses, it won't affect the final result."

After joking around, Tang Tian gave his reason in a serious manner.

The reason was considered reasonable.

Of course, everyone has different thoughts and predictions about the championship.

After Tang Tian, the three giants also successively made predictions about the championship.

Shaquille O'Neal's result was consistent with Tang Tian's. As a Tang booster, his position was firm, just like his belief that his grandmother could win a championship with Tang Tian.

Charles Barkley also predicted the Spurs, but his reasons were more from the perspective of the team's overall strength.

He matched Leonard against Giannis, and then simply compared the remaining Gordon Hayward and Kyrie Irving, as well as Paul George and LaMarcus Aldridge, believing that the Spurs had the advantage.

It was a chess-like way of thinking, completely ignoring chemistry and performance, very mindless, but also very Barkley.

Moreover, a prediction is just a guess. If an injury were to occur, no matter how thoroughly you analyze it, you still can't guess accurately.

Only Kenny Smith believed that the Bucks had a greater chance.

The angle of his prediction was different from Tang Tian and the other two.

He felt that the Spurs had expended too much energy breaking through in the West, while the Bucks had excellent chemistry this season and had home-court advantage in the Finals, so he thought the Bucks had a greater chance.

With a score of 3 to 1, the Spurs were the more favored team on the show.

While they were making predictions, the show crew was also conducting real-time voting predictions on the hotline.

The final voting results had a somewhat large difference from their ratio.

The two teams' vote rates were incredibly close.

47.2% of people believed that the Spurs would eventually win the championship, 47.5% believed that the Bucks would eventually win the championship, and 5.3% chose to abstain.

With a difference of decimal points, the Bucks were slightly more favored.

The show crew's prediction differed from the fans', so it seemed that only after the Finals were over would they know who was the final octopus.

This episode of the show did a good job of building anticipation for the Finals and maintaining a certain level of hype.

After all, this was the first time in the past five years that the Finals stage didn't have Tang Tian, or even the Pelicans.

The opening game of the Finals was played at the Bucks' new home arena, the Fiserv Forum, in Milwaukee.

The game attracted nearly 19,000 local fans to watch on-site.

The Bucks had made it to the Finals for two consecutive years, which made the local basketball market thrive, showing a trend of becoming the second New Orleans.

However, without Tang Tian and the Pelicans, the ratings of major TV stations still declined significantly compared to last year, basically maintaining a similar level to the Western Conference Finals.

Tang Tian didn't go to the game in person. He watched the live broadcast in his home theater at his manor.

Towns and Yongqi were running around in the room, yelling excitedly.

It could be seen that they were very interested in basketball, just like when they were young.

Tang San couldn't stay still, and soon started crying, so Olsen took him out for a walk.

A father-son moment, the Finals, Tang Tian embraced his sons, enjoying the leisurely time.

It was also a very different feeling to watch the Finals completely as a spectator for the first time.

Although the sense of participation was low, the mood was more relaxed.

The game started quickly, with both teams fielding their starters.

On the Spurs side, Popovich still played one big and four small, letting Leonard directly match up with Giannis.

It could be seen that he had a lot of confidence in Leonard.

On the Bucks side, it was the regular lineup: Brook Lopez, Giannis, Gordon Hayward, Tony Snell, and Kyrie Irving.

It's worth mentioning that Mike Budenholzer facing Popovich was also a Spurs coaching staff civil war.

For Tang Tian, a former Spurs player, the scene of the two embracing each other before the game was also very interesting.

After the game started, taking advantage of their home advantage, the Bucks led all the way. The largest point difference was 15 points, and they led by 12 points at the end of the first half.

Because Tang Tian was a former Spurs player, both of his sons hoped that the Spurs could win, and they felt sorry after watching the first half.

"The game isn't over yet."

Tang Tian comforted his two sons.

If the Spurs were so easily defeated, the Pelicans wouldn't have lost to them.

Although it was a joke when participating in the TNT program, there was some truth to that statement.

The Spurs were able to beat the Pelicans with Durant and Davis, plus Jrue Holiday, and the score was also lopsided, so they were the strongest team this season.

Sure enough, in the second half, Popovich made adjustments. He had Aldridge play power forward and brought Aron Baynes up.

He also made targeted defense against Giannis, with wing and interior players double-teaming him at any time.

Giannis's slow passing weakness was also exposed, even more obvious than Leonard's.

Just like Leonard and Tang Tian still had a gap, the gap between Giannis and LeBron James may be even greater.

That is what Tang Tian said, compared to Leonard, Giannis needs to improve more.

Moreover, in the second half, Leonard also began to perform offensively.

Despite the Bucks fans at the Fiserv Forum shouting hoarsely, the Spurs still chipped away at the Bucks' lead little by little.

In the end, Leonard led the team to a scoring run, erased the point difference, and then took the game away.

103 to 99, the Spurs only won by 4 points, but counting the first half, they won the second half by 16 points.

After the game, the two sons shouted excitedly in the room, almost looking for champagne to celebrate.

Looking at his two darlings, Tang Tian knew that they would have a happy summer.

The first game became the tone of the series.

Leonard's overall performance was better than Giannis', and the Spurs' overall strength was also stronger than the Bucks'.

Although the point difference in each game was not large, the trend of the series was not as tight as fans had predicted.

4 to 1, the Spurs finally lifted the trophy on the road.

In the end, the result was as predicted by the TNT program crew.

The Spurs, after 7 years, and also for the first time since Tang Tian left the team, lifted the NBA championship trophy.

This was also the 7th NBA championship in their team history.

The Spurs players seemed very excited. Compared to 7 years ago, this team had changed too much.

The GDP was no longer there, and even the owner Holt was no longer there.

New owner CCX, the new Big Three of Leonard, George, and Aldridge, the only thing that hasn't changed is head coach Popovich.

The achievements he brought to San Antonio were unparalleled.

Tatum presented the Spurs with their championship rings, and Leonard held the trophy, looking at the camera with an unconcealable happy smile on his face.

For him, it meant a lot.