One graphic shows how differently the Cavaliers and Warriors built their rosters

Not that anyone expected any different.

Basketball superstar LeBron James’ Los Angeles home was vandalized with a racial slur, police said on Wednesday, one day before the Cleveland Cavaliers player was set to take the court in the first game of the NBA finals, The graffiti was spray-painted on the front gate of James’ house and investigators are looking for any possible suspect involved in the vandalism, said Los Angeles police spokeswoman Norma Eisenman.

Perhaps most noteworthy, it gives Durant the chance at a first championship and validation for his decision to leave the Thunder and join the league’s latest super team. “So I think you have to go back to your coaches and people running the teams and tell them to use their best judgment”. Stephen Curry is a two-time MVP, the NBA’s first and only unanimous MVP, and he is the best three-point shooter of all-time, a skill so devastating he becomes unstoppable for minutes at a time. The Under is a combined 7-4-2 in the last two finals matchups between these two sides. “He’s competitive and he wants to win, so you can bet that he’s not happy about a year ago and he’s going to go after this one”. I get it. But if Chris Paul heads out of Los Angeles next season, the Clippers subscriber fee value drops and so does the interest and the fanbase. Playing against him, I know exactly what his game is. “It’s alive every single day”.

If James loses and his overall finals record moves to 3-5, it’s hard to envision anyone except Fox Sports 1 personality Nick Wright arguing James over Jordan. And while forward-thinking teams have been praised for putting the player first, there is concern across the league that the approach threatens to alienate fans who pay to see their favorite players, aggravate network executives who paid billions to showcase games, and devalue the regular season. Johnson and the Lakers were hoping to recapture greatness that helped them win five championships in the 1980s. If I get my work in, and you do, too, that’s cool. The non-LeBron James years were rough and normally, I don’t have that much going on in my life in June. The cheapest ticket for Game 1 at Oracle Arena is now $431, more than 35 percent cheaper than 2016’s least expensive ticket ($665) and 27 percent cheaper than 2015’s ($594).

Some predictions see the NBA Finals ending quickly. Meanwhile, all-in pricing for a Warriors fan traveling to Cleveland is $490 ($303 ticket, $134 flight, $53 hotel), once again over $150 cheaper than the least expensive Finals ticket at Golden State last season. The Warriors added Durant in free agency – Does KD leave Oklahoma City if he beats the Warriors in last year’s West Finals? – and won 67 games.

“It feels a little surreal”, Brown said.

Well, the National Basketball Association finals are finally here, after a less than memorable run up and a one week layoff due to the pre set schedule and both third round series ending so quickly.

When the 2017 Finals begin, James will be facing the Golden State Warriors for the third consecutive year, marking this a trilogy of the rivalry. “Everybody has been waiting to get to this point in the season”.

I don’t think James will be the primary defender on Durant because so many things Cleveland does is dependent on him.

“The two best teams is what you want”. “It’s definitely exciting. I feel blessed to be in this position to compete for a championship”. Obviously shots are falling.

In the 2015 Finals, the Cavaliers had star point guard Kyrie Irving for just one game due to injury and Kevin Love not at all.

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