We have a Game 7. Detroit won in Cleveland, knocking off the Cavaliers on the road for the first time in these playoffs, to force a decisive Game 7 on Sunday.

The Pistons are favored to win and advance to the Eastern Conference finals, but the New York Knicks are still a strong betting favorite to make it to the NBA Finals. The Knicks have been on a roll with a seven-game winning streak and even the prospect of taking on Detroit as the lesser seed in the conference finals won’t change the team favored to make the finals.

Regardless, the two Western Conference finalists, the Oklahoma City Thunder and the San Antonio Spurs, are the clear favorites to win the NBA title no matter which teams comes out of the Eastern Conference.

Eastern ConferenceNo. 1 Detroit Pistons vs. No. 4 Cleveland Cavaliers

Series tied 3-3

Game 7: 8 p.m. ET, Sunday

Series odds: Pistons -180, Cavaliers +150
Just after Cleveland finally won its first road playoff game, the Cavaliers gave it away with their first home playoff loss. Detroit not only went into Cleveland and won Game 6, the Pistons did it emphatically.

Cleveland made a couple runs, but wasn’t really in the contest on Friday night. The punishment is a Game 7 on the road. Detroit is favored by 4.5 points at home.

The Pistons won 115-94 in Cleveland, a scoreline so drastic that it puts into question the entire Cavaliers roster build. Cleveland had a chance for its first conference final without LeBron James since 1992, but that will have to wait for at least one more game.

Donovan Mitchell was just 6-for-20 from the field and had an ugly minus-25 plus-minus in Game 6. James Harden led Cleveland with 23 points, but had eight turnovers.

Cade Cunningham had a good game (21 points, eight assists, but also seven turnovers), but not a great game. The key for Detroit was defense and strong two-way games from their bigs. Jalen Duren and Paul Reed combined for 32 points and 17 rebounds, which by comparison isn’t the best reflection on Evan Mobley and Jarrett Allen (who combined for 31 points and 14 rebounds, but aren’t supposed to get outplayed by Detroit’s bigs).

No. 3 New York Knicks vs. No. 7 Philadelphia 76ers

Knicks win series 4-0

The Knicks really have hit overdrive in the last seven games. Since falling behind the Atlanta Hawks 2-1 in the first round, the Knicks have won seven straight games by an average of 26.4 points per game. Sure, that 51-point win in Game 6 against the Hawks is skewing that average a bit, but there are two other wins by 30 or more points in that run, and six of the seven wins were by at least 14.

This is why the Knicks are favored to make the NBA Finals. While the Pistons and Cavs are beating each other up, the Knicks have been on cruise control.

This makes two years in a row in the Eastern Conference finals for New York. Last year didn’t go so well, but Knicks fans will have renewed hope with the way the team has been playing.

The Knicks last made the NBA Finals in 1999.

Western ConferenceNo. 1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs. No. 4 Los Angeles Lakers

Thunder win series 4-0

This could’ve been a fun series had Luka Dončić been available for the Lakers. It would’ve been a meeting of arguably the two best guards in the league.

Instead, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the Thunder brushed the Lakers aside with a four-game sweep, and Luka could only watch in street clothes. Monday’s Game 4 was the only competitive game of the series, but that’s hardly a consolation for LA.

The Lakers came back from 12 points down in the third quarter to build a five-point lead on a few occasions in the fourth quarter and led in the final minute, but LeBron James missed a potential go-ahead shot with 20 seconds left, and Austin Reaves missed a potential tying 3-pointer on the next Lakers possession.

While the Thunder are still the clear favorites to win the NBA title, the Lakers have to figure out what to do with their roster. No one got to see what this team could do in the playoffs with its best player, Dončić, which makes evaluating the roster a bit more complicated. Will they run it back or have to retool?

No. 2 San Antonio Spurs vs. No. 6 Minnesota Timberwolves

Spurs win series 4-2

Yeesh. The Spurs blew away the Timberwolves in a way that made most neutral fans feel bad on Friday. San Antonio won Game 6 by 30 on the road to end the series.

If you’re wondering if the Spurs are title contenders, eliminating a team on the road with a 30-point win is a good way to confirm that. It’s fair to question if the Spurs can beat Oklahoma City in the Western Conference finals, but performances like this are a good way to answer those questions.

Victor Wembanyama had a modest game with 19 points, six rebounds and three blocks. The scary part about these Spurs is that they are still good team when Wembanyama doesn’t have a colossal game. Stephon Castle had 32 points on 16 shots and Dylan Harper had 15 points on eight shots off the bench. If you want to see how the Spurs are true title contenders for the next several years, it’s nights like this where Wemby is merely good and not great while Castle, in his second year, and Harper, in his rookie year, are both very efficient on the wings.

Oklahoma City is a solid favorite in the West finals, but the Spurs with Wemby and several talented wings are far better than Phoenix and the version of the Los Angeles Lakers (without Luka Dončić) the Thunder swept in the second round.

Bring on the West finals, which could in reality be the NBA Finals.