Why the Cleveland Cavaliers will win the NBA Finals

Although his side go into the Finals with a 12-0 record in this year’s playoffs, Kerr struggles to comprehend whey Tyronn Lue’s champions are being branded underdogs.

There are seven 2017 NBA All-Stars and 11 players who have been All-Stars in their careers, as well as winners of seven of the last eight MVP awards, the most in either category since the 1983 NBA Finals.

LeBron has said before that he’s perpetually chasing the ghost of that one guy in Chicago, and it appears that pursuit won’t end when his playing days are over if he does, indeed, follow Michael Jordan’s footsteps into National Basketball Association ownership.

There’s so many adjectives and things of that nature, but I just think his level of calmness no matter what’s going on. As players, things of that nature, if your coach is able to stay even keeled throughout the whole thing, I think it relaxes the rest of the group. The Warriors are 0-5-1 ATS in their last six home games after back-to-back road games, but over the longer term they are 14-5-1 ATS in their last 20 home games when they were favored by 6.0 to 9.0 points.

“I feel fine”, he said. We might remember Jordan, Scottie Pippen and Dennis Rodman as the best team ever but the numbers say these Warriors are superior.

In addition to their sparkling SU record, the Warriors have proven to be a reliable wager against the spread, going 8-4 ATS in the postseason, and have tallied consecutive ATS losses just once in their 28-game run. “I know it was hard and challenging but it’s about winning a championship”, Bowman said of KD leaving Oklahoma City.

Golden State Warriors forward Kevin Durant (35) defended by Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James (23) at Quicken Loans Arena. This team has the ability to be dominate, but it will start with them at the defensive end, and Irving will be a critical piece of this if he is guarding Curry.

You look at where we’re at now and where we were previous year, I think we’re in a better position going into these finals. “Nowadays a lot of people want to see Golden State-Cavs”.

Cleveland’s Tyronn Lue is trying to become only the second coach to win titles in his first two National Basketball Association seasons as a head coach, following John Kundla of the Minneapolis Lakers in 1949 and 1950. They know the pain that comes with losing a Finals, particularly one where a 3-1 series lead gets wasted.

The Warriors came up short a year ago. We’ll see who makes the best moves throughout the next two weeks.

I’ve made my share of bad picks over the years, too, but thankfully I’m no Stephen A. Smith (who has somehow managed to go 0-for-6 picking the victor of the past six NBA Finals). And with Mike with his experience coaching in these types of pressure situations-he’s coached in the NBA Finals before-I mean, it helps, right? “We’re going to need it even more now”. Iguodala has shot the ball poorly in the postseason but the 2015 NBA Finals MVP will be on the floor plenty anyway because of his other contributions.