Thursday morning NBA standings check
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One team looking for its first title. The other looking for its first since 1971. The NBA’s conference finalists gave us four teams starved for a championship – with two total between them – and yet somehow this matchup is said to be lacking something else. Sorry, but it won’t be the market size. It …
Golden State is back for Part 5. LeBron is not. If you thought the Lakers were relevant because of all of the sports shows they’ve dominated this week, you’re watching the wrong channel. Canada is in the house as the NBA Finals become international. Kawhi Leonard and the Raptors try to bring a title to …
We really thought we were going to get some variety this year. It’s our sixth year of gathering expert predictions on the NBA Finals and of course that means four of them have been Warriors-Cavaliers. The other two were Spurs-Heat. Needless to say, Rockets-Celtics would have been more interesting, or at least less familiar. Still, …
Warriors. Cavaliers. NBA Finals. Round 3. Rubber match. The first trilogy. Enough hype. It’s been hyped all year. Let’s get to the picks. Scoreboard Page: Golden State blew a 3-1 lead. They won’t this year. Warriors in 5. I went against the grain (when only 8 of 53 “experts” did) and picked the Cavaliers last …
What a difference a year makes. The NBA Finals teams are the same, but the roles are reversed. Stephen Curry has surpassed LeBron James in hype if not ability. The picks are actually pretty similar, though. 41 of 49 NBA experts we found last year picked the Warriors to win the Finals. This time, 45 …