The Inside Guys make their Finals predictions 👀 + REACTION to Nuggets’ Game 1 win | NBA Tip-Off
On NBA Tip-Off, Shaquille O’Neal, Kenny “The Jet” Smith, Charles Barkley and Ernie Johnson react to the Denver Nuggets and Cleveland Cavaliers’ Game 1 victories and make their NBA Finals predictions.
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Celtics VS OKC
EAST – Detroit beats Atlanta
WEST – Oklahoma beats San Antonio
how far this show has fallen. sad really
Barkley didn't pick Celtics vs Nuggets!…He clearly said, Cleveland to the Finals!…Nobody noticed?!…He only picked Nuggets(right that is..)
Chuck responding to Kenny's comment about Jordan not playing a couple years was gold 😂
Why does Shaq feel threatened by Gobert? The 4x DPOY, or the modern paycheck?
Kenny: It should’ve been 14 times.
Chuck: then you wouldn’t have no championships 😂😂😂
ESPN still does everything so does we dont find Inside the NBA..
I don't agree with Barkley's picks, but I like them because they were kinda bold, IMO.
The OKC disrespect is insane. San Antonio's top 3 players (Wemby, Fox, Castle) have a combined ONE playoff series worth of experience, and Shaq and Kenny have them beating the literal defending NBA champions in a 7 game series? 🥴
Disrespect for okc like they aren’t a 64 win team that are the defending nba champs with injuries all year. Now they are healthy with the addition of McCain. Okc is just better than Denver and spurs have zero playoff experience.
Lakers vs Knicks
Anthony Edwards has to do better than 22 points in the playoff game
New York Knicks VS Houston Rockets in the Finals
Denver in 4 or 5
I am a big spurs fan and even I didn't have them in the finals
my prediction is okc celtics , celtics win the championship
Unless nuggets defeat the OKC and spurs then they would definitely defeat celtics
Why they never mentioned the greatest shooter of all time getting eliminated by the Suns but hype up everything Lebron does😂😂😂 they some goofies fr. Let Lebron had lost to suns in the play in tournament getting spanked like that. They would been dragging his name through the mud.
No Luca, No KD, No AR its like a pre season game.
t wolves need a dynamic point guard like ja morant
Thank You, Kenny Smith! For picking the Detroit Pistons! And that puts a big smile on my face. GO PISTONS!!! 💙❤️💙🏀🏀🏀❤️💙❤️
Okc not making the final? Underestimated again.
Thank you for the love, Chuck. Go Cavs.
Never mention anyone let alone Edwards in the same breath as MJ. Please
Ant definitely about to guard him
OK, first, I'm a lifelong Spurs fan. So my heart tells me Spurs vs. Det or Boston. I'm not worried about "playoff experience"; I think the Spurs culture makes up for that. Having Pop, Timmy, Manu, Tony, etc available and Wemby used to being in the spotlight and loving it, makes up for that area. We have a tough road. Assuming things play out, the Nuggets are a tough series, then OKC, wow. All the Denver games were close, so who knows. We dominated OKC this season. Will that translate in the playoffs, especially if we get past Denver and now have more confidence? Mad respect for OKC, but did we get in their heads? Would be a great series to see. If our guys lose to Denver or OKC, especially if it's a hard-fought series, then this season is still a huge success.
Crazy no one picked the clear favorite OKC
Denver doesn’t have much of a chance, not a lot of interest, not a lot of fan support.
Kenny knows basketball Detroit to the finals rematch Detroit winning it in 7
NONE OF THEM CHOSE OKC AND OKC WILL WIN AGAIN.. THEY DONT SEE IT. MARK MY WORDS AND COMEBACK TO THIS COMMENT AFTER THE FINALS IN JUNE 2026
Chuck, you re hating on Rudy. You didn't watch the game. He was on the back of the joker all night. In first quarter jokic couldn't score, so he went to pass to others. Jokic is better and dominate in 2nd half, but first half was a close fight and rudy did a good job on joker and frustrate him.
Edwards has some MJ moves but nothing else to be compared positively again MJ.. But he has a big mouth.. He should use this energy to improve, which he didn't do this year
okc definitely saving this receipt
Lol the hate on gobert is real.. did they watch the game? He was the best player for minnesota.. how can they put randle and mcdaniels above him in the recap?
LET'S GOOOOO!!!
Denver vs cleveland
OKC in 5
To Kenny’s point about doubling the Joker on the perimeter or beyond the 3 point line. Well the Miami Heat actually tried that strategy against him in the finals and it did worked for 1 game and then Denver made the adjustment by making Jamal Murray and Aaron Gordon play point guard or the one bringing the ball down and start the offense.
Its so interesting that all of them picked OKC to lose in the conference finals to the winner of the spurs vs Nuggets match
Man, can't believe Ernie is the only one with some sense, if no one gets hurt the Celtics will be in the Finals 😤🍀
Spurs vs Celtics
2026 NBA finals
Spurs win their 6th NBA title
Wemby gets the nba finals MVP
play fast because the joker cannot sustain running up and down the court
I want Ant-man to say, "Im putting an end to this right now, Im guarding the Joker". If he can do that, he's the GOAT. 4:49
WEMBY CANT GUARD JOKIC or any BIG and they keep saying he is the best defender ever…
SENGUN got 45 points on WEMBY…
EMBIID broke his own record vs WEMBY…
MURRAY was horrible he shoot 7/22 FG
"That's even worse" LOL
Kenny made a nice suggestion about dbl jokic in the perimeter
This is what a serious amount of crack looks like, when smoked right before making your playoffs predictions 😂
Ant can't guard Murray now…his knee is compromised