{"id":89585,"date":"2026-05-20T14:45:04","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T14:45:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/both-nba-conference-finals-openers-went-to-ot-for-the-first-time-ever-%f0%9f%94%a5\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T14:45:04","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T14:45:04","slug":"both-nba-conference-finals-openers-went-to-ot-for-the-first-time-ever-%f0%9f%94%a5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/both-nba-conference-finals-openers-went-to-ot-for-the-first-time-ever-%f0%9f%94%a5\/","title":{"rendered":"Both NBA Conference Finals Openers Went to OT for the First Time Ever \ud83d\udd25"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The opening games of the 2026 Conference Finals delivered two instant classics.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday night, the Spurs erased a late deficit <!--more--> to defeat the Thunder 122-115 in overtime behind a dominant closing stretch in Oklahoma City.<\/p>\n<p>Less than 24 hours later, the Knicks stormed back from 22 points down with 7:45 remaining in the 4th quarter before defeating the Cavaliers 115-104 in overtime after closing the game on a historic 44-11 run.<\/p>\n<p>This marks the first time in NBA history that both Conference Finals Game 1s have gone to overtime.<\/p>\n<p>Never miss a moment with the latest news, trending stories and highlights to bring you closer to your favorite players and teams.<br \/>\nDownload now \u27a1 <a href=\"https:\/\/nba.smart.link\/NBAApp-YTDes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/nba.smart.link\/NBAApp-YTDes<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to the NBA: <a href=\"https:\/\/on.nba.com\/2JX5gSN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/on.nba.com\/2JX5gSN<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The opening games of the 2026 Conference Finals delivered two instant classics. On Monday night, the Spurs erased a late deficit<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":89601,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-89585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89585"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89585\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}