Who’s Favored to Win the NBA Finals?

The Golden State Warriors and the Cleveland Cavaliers are set to face off in the NBA Finals for the third consecutive year. Who’s favored to win it all this time around?

The Golden State Warriors

The Golden State Warriors are favored to win the NBA Finals. They have the best record in the league and are led by two of the best players in the world in Steph Curry and Kevin Durant. The Warriors also have a deep bench and are very well-coached. They are the clear favorite to win the NBA Finals.

Their Regular Season Record

The Warriors enter the NBA Finals with a 66-7 record, the best record in the NBA. They are coming off a tough seven-game series against the Oklahoma City Thunder in which they won the final game 96-88. The Warriors are a strong team with a lot of firepower. Their main weapons are Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, and Draymond Green. All three of these players can score, rebound, and play defense. They also have a deep bench with players like Andre Iguodala and Shaun Livingston who can come in and make an impact. The Warriors are the favorites to win the NBA Finals.

Their Key Players

The Golden State Warriors are an American professional basketball team based in Oakland, California. The Warriors compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league’s Western Conference Pacific Division. The Warriors have reached eight NBA Finals, winning four NBA championships in 1947, 1956, 1975, and most recently in 2015 when they defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers. Their four NBA championships are tied for fourth-most in NBA history with the Chicago Bulls. Between 1947 and 1962, the Warriors won 17 consecutive division titles, yet failed to make the Finals during that period.

The core of their current success era started with the drafting of All-Star power forward Chris Webber with the first overall pick in the 1993 NBA draft. Webber led a Warriors comeback from a 19–63 record during his rookie season to 38–44 record and a berth in the 1995 NBA Playoffs during his second season.[17] However, after losing in the first round to eventual conference finalist Houston Rockets, Webber demanded to be traded.[18] Instead of trading Webber for established All-Stars such as Anfernee Hardaway or Clyde Drexler, new Warriors general manager Garry St. Jean decided to rebuild through youth and high draft picks.[19]

With Webber out of Golden State’s long-term plans,[20][21] the team used their third pick of the 1994 NBA draft to select shooting guard Latrell Sprewell,[22] then signed Robinson as a free agent.[23][24] After an ownership change led by Peter Guber,[25][26] head coach Don Nelson was retained despite having feuded with St. Jean and Sprewell.[27][28] Nelson’s style emphasized playing up-tempo basketball with three-point field goal shooters on offense and smaller potential defenders on defense; such a style earned him criticism throughout his career but allowed him to take advantage of Sprewell and Robinson’s talents.[29][30][31][32] The team then acquired small forward Clarence Weatherspoon from Philadelphia[33] followed by acquiring point guard Bimbo Coles from Miami; both players were expected to provide scoring off the bench behind Sprewell and Robinson.[34]”

The Cleveland Cavaliers

Their Regular Season Record

This season, the Cavaliers have had an up and down year. They started off the season very strong, with a record of 19-6. However, they then went through a rough patch where they lost 10 out of 11 games. They were able to turn things around though, and they finished the season with a record of 53-29.

Their Key Players

The Cleveland Cavaliers are a professional basketball team based in Cleveland, Ohio. The Cavaliers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league’s Eastern Conference Central Division. The team began play as an expansion team in 1970, along with the Portland Trail Blazers and Buffalo Braves. Home games were first held at Cleveland Arena from 1970 to 1974, followed by the Richfield Coliseum from 1974 to 1994. Since 1994, the Cavs have played their home games at Quicken Loans Arena in downtown Cleveland, which is shared with the arena football team Cleveland Gladiators. Dan Gilbert has owned the team since March 2005.

The Cavaliers name was chosen by owner Jerry Colangelo when his ownership group took control of the franchise in 1970. It refers to Virginia Cavalier, a soldier who served under King Charles I during England’s 1642–51 Puritan Rebellion and English Civil War. The primary logo for the Cavaliers debuted in 1983 as a silver starburst with V-shaped lines extending outwards and downwards from both sides of a basketball outlined by white; underneath was “CAVALIERS”. Two years later, after Colors TV dropped its affiliation with WUAB-TV 43 – Channel 43 would become an independent station in 1985 – and began running more movies than television shows throughout the day, resulting in lower ratings for WUAB and its sister stations (including WBNX-TV 55), Colangelo dropped Colors TV programming on all three stations and dropped their affiliation with WBNX altogether; he then had them drop “43” from their call letters to become WUAB again, before making them change it again to WBKC-TV that December – effectively severing all ties to Colors TV, which subsequently ceased operations two years later – while also changing Channel 43’s on-air branding back to “WUAB 43” (which it used until 2017). In 1986, Colangelo hired Jim Chones as head coach and made him general manager four months later; Chones fired Bernie Bickerstaff – who led them back into playoff contention after taking over for Stan Albeck early in the season – after one year and replaced him with Lenny Wilkens (who would win Coach of the Year honors that season) while also trading away Steve Hayes during training camp.

Other Teams in the Running

The Golden State Warriors are the clear favorite to win the NBA Finals. They have the best record in the league and are loaded with talent. However, there are a few other teams that could give them a run for their money. The Houston Rockets and the Toronto Raptors are both excellent teams and could give the Warriors a tough series.

The Houston Rockets

The Houston Rockets are one of the top contenders to win the NBA Finals this year. The Rockets have been red-hot lately, winning 14 of their last 15 games. They have one of the best records in the NBA, and they’re led by MVP candidate James Harden. The Rockets are a dangerous team and will be tough to beat in the playoffs.

The Boston Celtics

The Boston Celtics are one of the most decorated teams in NBA history, with seventeen championships to their name. The team has a rich tradition of success, dating back to their founding in 1946. The Celtics have been led by some of the greatest players in NBA history, including Bill Russell, Larry Bird, and Kevin Garnett. The team has a strong core of young talent, led by All-Star point guard Kyrie Irving. The Celtics are currently the favorites to win the NBA Finals.

Who Will Win?

The Los Angeles Lakers are favored to win the 2020 NBA Finals. They are coming off of a impressive championship run last year, and they have added a few key players to their roster. The Lakers will have to go up against the Milwaukee Bucks, who are also a very strong team. It is going to be a close series, but the Lakers are just slightly favored to win it all.

The Warriors

Entering the 2019 NBA Finals, the Warriors are heavy favorites.

The Warriors are looking to win their fourth NBA title in five years, and oddsmakers believe they will do just that. The Warriors enter the series as -260 favorites, meaning you would have to bet $260 to win $100.

The Raptors, on the other hand, are +200 underdogs. That means if you bet $100 on the Raptors, you would win $200 if they were to upset the Warriors.

It’s no surprise that the Warriors are favored. They have won three of the last four NBA titles and boast a star-studded lineup that includes Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant, Draymond Green and Klay Thompson.

The Raptors, meanwhile, are making their first ever appearance in the NBA Finals. They battled their way through a tough Eastern Conference playoff field that included the Milwaukee Bucks and Philadelphia 76ers.

While Toronto is a good team, they will be hard-pressed to dethrone the mighty Warriors.

The Cavaliers

The Cavaliers are currently favored to win the NBA Finals. They have the best record in the league and are led by one of the best players in the world, LeBron James. Other key players on the team include Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love. The Cavaliers have won the NBA Finals twice before, in 2016 and 2017.

Other Teams

The Los Angeles Clippers and the Milwaukee Bucks are both favored to win the NBA Finals this year. The Clippers are currently the favorite, with oddsmakers giving them a 55% chance of winning the title. The Bucks are right behind them, with a 45% chance of winning.

The other teams in the playoffs have much lower odds of winning the Finals. The Houston Rockets have a 10% chance, while the Golden State Warriors and Toronto Raptors both have a 5% chance.