{"id":246559,"date":"2025-10-28T15:03:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T15:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/246559\/"},"modified":"2025-10-28T15:03:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T15:03:08","slug":"nba-2k26-predicts-back-to-back-championships-for-thunder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/246559\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA 2K26 predicts back-to-back championships for Thunder"},"content":{"rendered":"

2K Games has run an official simulation of the 2025-26 NBA Season, predicting a repeat championship run for the Oklahoma City Thunder<\/a>. According to the simulation, the Thunder will defeat the New York Knicks<\/a> for the title following a seven-game series against the Denver Nuggets<\/a> in the Western Conference finals. The Knicks are predicted to qualify for the season’s ultimate clash by triumphing in a six-game series over the Cleveland Cavaliers<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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NBA 2K26 cover star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander<\/a> is tapped to claim both the MVP and Finals MVP honors, repeating his success from the previous season. He’s predicted to average 36.6 points per game.<\/p>\n

Cooper Flagg<\/a>, who was selected as the first overall pick by the Dallas Mavericks<\/a> in the 2025 NBA Draft, is 2K Games’ favorite for the Rookie of the Year award with a predicted 17.6 points per game average.<\/p>\n

San Antonio Spurs<\/a> center Victor Wembanyama<\/a> is predicted to become the Defensive Player of the Year, while Amen Thompson<\/a> from the Houston Rockets<\/a> is tapped as the Most Improved Player of the Year.<\/p>\n

If the simulation turns out to be accurate, Gilgeous-Alexander and Wembanyama will be nominated for the All-NBA First Team alongside Nikola Jokic<\/a>, Luka Doncic<\/a>, and Giannis Antetokounmpo<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2K Games has run an official simulation of the 2025-26 NBA Season, predicting a repeat championship run for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":246560,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[64,63,590,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-246559","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-nba","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246559","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=246559"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246559\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/246560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=246559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=246559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=246559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}