NBA Finals: Warriors Big Favorites to Beat Cleveland

NBA Finals Trilogy Should be a Classic

This is the moment the Golden State Warriors have been waiting for. After blowing that 3-1 lead to the Cleveland Cavaliers in last year’s NBA Finals, the Warriors are back, and they’re better than ever; Golden State has opened as a 7-point home favorite for Thursday’s opener (9 PM ET, ABC), and the Dubs are –240 on the NBA championship futures market.

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Last year’s Warriors may have won 73 games, but they didn’t win the only game that counts: the last one. So they added Kevin Durant in free agency, giving them yet another league MVP to join Stephen Curry in the starting lineup. Durant is +220 and Curry is +230 to be named Finals MVP at the end of this series.

LeBron James is also +220 to win MVP, which would be his fourth award. Even though the Cavs are +200 underdogs to defend their title, James is easily the best player on his team – Kyrie Irving is his closest MVP competition at +1000. James has played at an exceptionally high level in these playoffs, too, putting up 32-8-7 per game while hitting 42.1% of his 3-pointers.

Team Records

Cleveland Cavaliers

Name	Record	Home	Away	ATS	ATS Home	ATS Away	Offense	Defense	Diff
Overall	63-32	36-11	27-21	43-48-4	21-24-2	22-24-2	111.22	106.61	4.61
Last 10	9-1	3-1	6-0	6-2-2	2-2	4-0-2	117.30	100.80	16.50
vs Div	12-8	8-2	4-6	7-12-1	4-6	3-6-1	108.40	106.70	1.70
vs EAST	47-18	24-8	23-10	32-29-4	13-17-2	19-12-2	112.69	106.25	6.44
vs WEST	16-14	12-3	4-11	11-19	8-7	3-12	108.03	107.40	0.63

Golden State Warriors

Name	Record	Home	Away	ATS	ATS Home	ATS Away	Offense	Defense	Diff
Overall	79-15	42-5	37-10	48-42-4	23-21-3	25-21-1	116.20	103.97	12.23
Last 10	10-0	4-0	6-0	7-3	1-3	6-0	118.90	103.40	15.50
vs Div	14-2	8-0	6-2	9-7	5-3	4-4	120.13	104.50	15.63
vs EAST	25-5	14-1	11-4	14-14-2	8-6-1	6-8-1	115.30	102.40	12.90
vs WEST	54-10	28-4	26-6	34-28-2	15-15-2	19-13	116.63	104.70	11.93

Supergrid

Title	Stat	Rank	Stat	Rank
Away Team Overall Scoring vs Home Team Overall Defense	111.22	4	103.97	11
Away Team Away Scoring vs Home Team Home Defense	109.52	4	102.49	10
Away Team Road Rebounds vs Home Team Home Rebounds Allowed	42.48	18	42.62	14
Home Team Overall Scoring vs Away Team Overall Defense	116.20	1	106.61	18
Home Team Home Scoring vs Away Team Road Defense	118.57	1	108.42	18
Home Team Home Rebounds vs Away Team Road Rebounds Allowed	45.74	6	44.81	21

Head To Head Summary

Team	record	ATS	O/U	AVG	AVG ½	FG%	REB	3PT	steals
Cleveland	5-5	5-5	3-6-1	100.10	55.30	45.49	41.60	137/355	7.10
Golden State	5-5	5-5	3-6-1	106.50	50.00	43.97	42.20	84/258	8.90

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