After weeks of unexciting preliminaries, we’re finally ready for the main event.
It has taken three rounds and 47 days to determine what everyone has known since training camp — the Warriors and Cavaliers are clearly the NBA’s best teams.
Golden State and Cleveland set a record by tearing through their competitors, arriving at the NBA Finals with one combined loss. The addition of Kevin Durant to a team that won 73 games last season gave the Warriors a nearly unprecedented collection of talent. The Cavaliers have their own Big Three and have been a clear favorite to win the East every year since LeBron James came back to town in 2014.
But as the NBA reminded us in its famous advertising campaign from nearly a decade ago, there can only be one.
As they prepare for their third straight get-together in the Finals, both Golden State and Cleveland can feel like the series they lost was somewhat fluky. Kyrie Irving suffered a fractured kneecap during Game 1 of the 2015 Finals, leaving the Cavs shorthanded the rest of the way. A year ago, Warriors forward Draymond Green was suspended for Game 5, then Andrew Bogut suffered a knee injury that kept him out of Games 6 and 7.
Both teams are healthy heading into their “three-match” and both are ready to stake a claim to supremacy. There’s no arguing that the Warriors are the best in the West and the Cavs are the kings of the East. But who’s the top team in the NBA? We’re about to find out.
Who is your pick to win this year’s Finals? Please share your opinion in the comments section. We look forward to what you have to say.
Cavs in 7
Warriors in 5
Lebron is the best but tired.
Kyrie can score on anyone.
Love is pretty good.
But the Warriors are loaded, healthy, fired up.
Warriors in 5.
LeBron hasn’t looked tired to me. He had the bad game 3 when he was sick and a rough start to game 4, but otherwise he has looked as good as ever. With that being said, I’m still going Warriors in 6.
Cavs in 4
Warriors in 3
Warriors in 5, but honestly nothing would shock me.
Warriors in 6