ESPN Forecast: Finals predictions
It's the NBA's best team against the best player in the world. Which team -- the [url TARGET="_blank" HREF="http://espn.go.com/nba/team/_/name/gs/golden-state-warriors" ]Golden State Warriors[/url] or the [url TARGET="_blank" HREF="http://espn.go.com/nba/team/_/name/cle/cleveland-cavaliers" ]Cleveland Cavaliers[/url] -- will hoist the Larry O'Brien Trophy when the dust settles? We asked our ESPN Forecast panel who will prevail in the NBA Finals.[br /][br /]Our panel is predicting a six-game series win for [url TARGET="_blank" HREF="http://espn.go.com/nba/player/_/id/3975/stephen-curry" ]Stephen Curry[/url] & Co. -- securing the franchise's first championship since 1975 -- over [url TARGET="_blank" HREF="http://espn.go.com/nba/player/_/id/1966/lebron-james" ]LeBron James[/url] and championship-starved Cleveland.[br /][Ads /][br /]How it works:[/b] The ESPN Forecast panel predicted each team's likelihood of winning each of the seven potential games and each team's likelihood of winning the series. The top-line "Forecast" is based on a combination of the mean, median and mode of the predictions for each series.[br /][br /][i]Editor's note: Predictions were made prior to the start of the series.[/i]-->[br /][br /](1) Warriors vs. (2) Cavaliers[br/][br/][sectionHeader]Related Video[/sectionHeader][promoExternal HREF="http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=12997103&ex_cid=espnapi_internal" IMAGE="http://a.espncdn.com/media/motion/2015/0602/dm_150602_nba_Truehoop_Finals258/dm_150602_nba_Truehoop_Finals258.jpg" TITLE="LeBron no favorite in these Finals" DESCRIPTION="Amin Elhassan calls the Warriors one of the best teams in history." ][br /][promoExternal HREF="http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=12992373&ex_cid=espnapi_internal" IMAGE="http://a.espncdn.com/media/motion/2015/0601/dm_150601_nba_finals_carlesimo_who_has_edge/dm_150601_nba_finals_carlesimo_who_has_edge.jpg" TITLE="NBA Finals: Who has the edge?" DESCRIPTION="P.J. Carlesimo breaks down the NBA Finals matchup between the Cleveland Cavaliers and Golden State Warriors." ][br /]
