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2018 NBA Finals, Cleveland Cavaliers, George Hill, Golden State Warriors, J. R. Smith, Kevin Durant, Kevin Love, Klay Thompson, LeBron James, Stephen Curry
The 2018 NBA finals will be played between Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers. Well this is not a surprise. It was not hard to guess this matchup even at the beginning of the season.
Both team could proceed to the NBA finals by beating their rivals with 4-3. The score 4-3 in the both conference finals happened last in the year 1979 in the NBA.
Well. So, who is gonna win the title this year?
Warriors have three great shooters: Kevin Durant, Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson. Also Draymond Green makes important contributions to the team.
On the other side Cavaliers have King James and a little Kevin Love. King James is a great advantage Cavaliers but a single player cannot be sufficient to win the game. Especially if the opponent is Warriors.
So, if at least two of the trio; Durant, Curry and Thompson will have bad performances during the final series and if King James will play as himself, if Kevin Love, J. R. Smith and George Hill will overcome themselves, then Cavaliers can have a chance for the title. Else I think that Warriors is going to dominate the series.
And I think that Warriors will defend their championship. The score can be 4-1 or 4-2.
And a little statistics: (Regular season)
Warriors | Cavaliers | |
Points per game | 113.5 (1) | 110.9 (5) |
Rebounds per game | 43.5 (17) | 42.1 (23) |
Assists per game | 29.3 (1) | 23.4 (12) |
Steals per game | 8.0 (9) | 7.1 (24) |
Blocks per game | 7.5 (1) | 3.8 (28) |
Turnovers per game | 15.4 (26) | 13.7 (10) |
Field goals % | 50.3% (1) | 47.6% (5) |
Three points % | 39.1% (1) | 37.2% (6) |
Free throw % | 81.5% (1) | 77.9% (10) |
- Inside the brackets denotes the ranks in NBA.
Normal season games:
25.12.2017 Golden State Warriors 99 – 92 Cleveland Cavaliers
15.01.2018 Cleveland Cavaliers 108 – 118 Golden State Warriors
Warriors 2-0
My guess is 4-2 Warriors. (Although my heart is with Cavaliers.)