It is time for our annual deep dive into what the championship series will mean for the legacies of many of its participants.

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Indianapolis is the 25th-largest media market in the country and Oklahoma City is No. 47 — would now face each other in the league’s marquee event. Here came Tyrese Haliburton, Pascal Siakam, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Jalen Williams as the four horsemen of the ratings apocalypse.