Capsule preview of the Warriors-Cavaliers NBA Finals matchup

The acquisition sent quakes throughout the National Basketball Association and all but assured the Warriors, who went on to post the league’s best record, a ticket back to the Finals. They are the ninth team in league history to reach the finals undefeated, in eras with fewer games needed to make the championship round, but only five of the first eight won the title.

The Cavalier game plan was simple in last year’s NBA Finals: close out on a hobbled Stephen Curry and clamp down on a hot Klay Thompson.

Analysts give Brown’s team the advantage ahead of the Finals, as different sources agree on the assessment that the Golden State Warriors are hugely favored in this finals match-up, according to ESPN.

The Cleveland Cavaliers arrived in San Francisco Tuesday to face the Golden State Warriors in Game 1 of the NBA Finals Thursday.

“That’s what greats do”, Curry said. “That’s something that we’ve learned”.

Could the Cavs win the Finals for the second year in a row over the Warriors?

Lue’s defensive strategy to this point in the playoffs has been to neutralize the opponents’ top player.

“Our chemistry is getting better and better”, Durant said. “But we’re not satsified”.

This season, at age 32, James averaged 26.4 points plus career highs of 8.6 rebounds and 8.7 assists as well as a league-high 37.8 minutes on the court a game.

Not since the Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers in the 1980s has the NBA seen a rivalry so intense, this one involving seven of the past eight NBA Most Valuable Player award winners in James with four, Curry with two and Durant with one.

“It makes it tough”, Lue said. Assistant Mike Brown has been leading the team since then, and Golden State has gone undefeated.

“The two best teams is what you want”.

What I think will happen is that there will be a number of plot twists, but the series will ultimately be disappointing in terms of sheer drama compared to the one a year ago.

Considering what reportedly was said when LeBron James left Miami to return to Cleveland in 2014, he certainly isn’t waiting for a good luck text from Heat president Pat Riley as he prepares to play in his seventh consecutive NBA Finals.

In 2014, James chose to go back to Cleveland in order to bring the Cavaliers their first NBA Championship. “It’s just my personal goal to keep me motivated”, James said. Are you kidding me?

This will be the third straight year Golden State and Cleveland have met in the NBA Finals.

The cool thing about this forest is that it is shady. maybe Draymond Green will do some dumb shit and get suspended again. Our goals were set at the beginning of the season, and that’s to win a championship.

With both his two best teammates out with injuries in 2015, James was forced to carry an especially heavy load in the finals.

“I think my messaging is important and I think we’ve found the right balance”. The Warriors are 12-0 overall through the first three rounds; the Cavs are 12-1.