Conventional Wisdom Watch: May 18

by Kevin McCormack

Each day until the end of the NBA Finals, we’ll be taking a look at the conventional wisdom of the moment — which team is currently the favorite to win it all, and which team should be ashamed to still be putting on its jerseys.

Here’s how it looks on the morning of Wednesday,  May 18.

Start planning the parade:

Dallas Mavericks

Dirk Nowitzki from last night as performed by an animated gif:

And perhaps we were wrong when we posted this back in October.

Give it up already:

Oklahoma City Thunder

Continuing today’s animated gif theme — here’s some analysis of the Thunder’s defense from last night:

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