OFFICIAL Warriors/Cavs Prediction Thread

Sometime later this summer, the NBA Finals will be played. I saw there was another sort of prediction thread a few pages back, but I don't care about that one.

I think this current Cavs team is better than the 2014 Heat. Tristan Thompson makes them so much better than they really are, because they get a zillion extra possessions per game.

Warriors are better offensively and defensively, have home court advantage, a better coach, more good players, etc. The only advantage Cleveland really has is LeBron, which is enormous; given he is the best player in the NBA and one of the top two players ever.

Draymond Green is the key to the series, for me. He'll have times where he guards LeBron and Tristan Thompson, he'll have to hit some threes, rebound on the defensive end, and play his normal dirty game. Klay Thompson's concussion syndromes suck. Hopefully he's full strength for the Finals.

If the Warriors win it all, they'll probably cement themselves as one of the three best teams since the turn of the century, given their regular season win total, efficiency, and playoff dominance up to this point. I think they are a better team than the Cavs and they have home court, so they're my pick. Hard to imagine it only going 5 games, but that's exactly what happened last season to a LeBron team. If it does go 6, it would be tough to predict the Cavs losing on their home floor to close out the series. However, the Warriors have dominated some good teams on the road in this postseason, so maybe it'll happen again.

Warriors in 6.