Your NBA Champion this season?

[püsür]

The warriors have already advanced to the NBA Finals. They are now in waiting mode for the winner of the Celtics vs Heat series.

Not sure if they will still be listed as the favorite if the Celtics win tomorrow, but regardless, I believe the Warriors will win.
What I like about the Warriors is they are hungry for this win, they have been here many times before, so now they will try to win again.

Warriors will be the ultimate favorite i guess and Celtics will be the underdog, but expect that everything will change in the finals and that in some cases, the favorite will turn into the underdog at the end of the game. But since i am rooting for Warriors as i'm a big fan of it, so hopefully this will not happen to Warriors end up as underdog. Warriors fought hard just to go this far, and in fairness to Celtics they did a good fight too. So may the best team wins as the finals is already fast approaching.

I agree that Warriors seem like the favourite but Celtics already proved that they are a team to be reckoned with in series like this. Of course Warriors also have a huge Finals experiences compared to Celtics, but you never know how teams will perform in the Finals. Bucks were also good when they got the title but people didn't expect them to win like that. It could very well be the case this time too. Celtics surprised quite a lot of people already how they performed. Including me. I don't think a lot of people were expecting that they would perform this good. My only solid wish is that we watch a good long series, possibly a 7 game series. And may the best defender win.

[Ziskinberg]

The warriors have already advanced to the NBA Finals. They are now in waiting mode for the winner of the Celtics vs Heat series.

Not sure if they will still be listed as the favorite if the Celtics win tomorrow, but regardless, I believe the Warriors will win.
What I like about the Warriors is they are hungry for this win, they have been here many times before, so now they will try to win again.

Warriors will be the ultimate favorite i guess and Celtics will be the underdog, but expect that everything will change in the finals and that in some cases, the favorite will turn into the underdog at the end of the game. But since i am rooting for Warriors as i'm a big fan of it, so hopefully this will not happen to Warriors end up as underdog. Warriors fought hard just to go this far, and in fairness to Celtics they did a good fight too. So may the best team wins as the finals is already fast approaching.

I agree that Warriors seem like the favourite but Celtics already proved that they are a team to be reckoned with in series like this. Of course Warriors also have a huge Finals experiences compared to Celtics, but you never know how teams will perform in the Finals. Bucks were also good when they got the title but people didn't expect them to win like that. It could very well be the case this time too. Celtics surprised quite a lot of people already how they performed. Including me. I don't think a lot of people were expecting that they would perform this good. My only solid wish is that we watch a good long series, possibly a 7 game series. And may the best defender win.

I am expecting that as well, these two teams will probably battle wire to wire, and I hope no injuries will happen especially on their best players. Warriors seemed to have rested well, so I like to back them in game 1 of the series as it's their home court and they will probably win the game. However for a series match, it's going to be tough but I'll go with the majority.

[freedomgo]

The warriors have already advanced to the NBA Finals. They are now in waiting mode for the winner of the Celtics vs Heat series.

Not sure if they will still be listed as the favorite if the Celtics win tomorrow, but regardless, I believe the Warriors will win.
What I like about the Warriors is they are hungry for this win, they have been here many times before, so now they will try to win again.

That was a great game earlier, although I already figured out who will win today just by looking on their performance on the 1st half. Klay Thompson was hard to defend as he can always do his thing anywhere in their homecourt, he scored 32 points (48.0 FG%).

I bet the Warriors will still be the favorite on the Finals even if the Celtics will close Eastern conference tomorrow against the Heat. The Warriors are much more healthy than the Celtics and they have a lot of key players too, even the bench players can do some job for the team.

Right, Warriors has better standings on the regular season compared to Celtics and also they dominate all the teams they fight on there playoffs run while Celtics barely win against Bucks and possibly Heat if they have no injury issue.

Warriors bench is much effective than Celtics and also Celtics play is always center to Tatum which is very easy to counter by the warriors with an overall shooter players.

That is indeed correct but if they were to change a conference, I reckon the Warriors would also have some hard time defeating the Milwaukee Bucks and Miami Heat just like in the regular season. Especially if both Bucks and Heat are healthy, surely the Warriors would have some bad nights either at home or at road. But that wouldn't happen because the Warriors belongs to the West and the Celtics belongs to the East, they have to deal their each cards.

[Distinctin]

I still think Warriors will dominate in the finals no matter who the opponent is.

I do believe that as well, that's why I'm so happy when they advance in the NBA Finals because I booked an 8.15 odds for them to win before.
You can see on my thread - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5395393.msg59917438#msg59917438

Seriously, no one has expected that the Warriors will participate again in the NBA Finals this season because they are having some trouble in the regular games especially when Klay Thompson have returned from the injury he sustained and aside from that, they are having some hard time synchronizing and finding the right rhythm while the others are also inconsistent.

1 month ago, you made a tough choice and chose to bet on the Warriors with 8.15 odds. That's great! You're now close from finding out if that bet of yours is right.

We saw their improvements and beside they are the 3rd team during the regular season so that is not a bad performance after all. They are now heading into the Finals with so much confidence so I think, it’s their time to shine again. Whoever their opponent is, I believe Warriors have a bigger chance here. Will place a bet for Warriors for every game, they can do this!

They have improved yes but the their performance on the regular season wasn't too impressive because they were having some hard time to find their rhythm again when Klay Thompson returned but eventually they managed to find that good chemistry again. It is expected that Klay will find his place again, overall their team was good this season especially now that Jordan Poole have stepped up too.

Now, it's the Boston Celtics vs Golden State Warriors Good luck mate! The first two games will be held at the Warriors home.

[OgNasty]

Now, it's the Boston Celtics vs Golden State Warriors Good luck mate! The first two games will be held at the Warriors home.

It's going to be a great matchup.  I think Al Horford might end up being the key to the Celtics having a chance to win.  That's really the only position they have a clear advantage over the Warriors, while the Warriors have Steph, which basically gives them a chance to win any night.  Both teams are great defensively, so I think it's going to come down to Steph's shooting or Horford's inside play.  Personally, I'd put my money on Steph.

I hope Wiggins has a great series too.  His career has been a rough one, but ever since his days in Kansas you could tell he was special. 

[wiss19]

Warriors will be the ultimate favorite i guess and Celtics will be the underdog, but expect that everything will change in the finals and that in some cases, the favorite will turn into the underdog at the end of the game. But since i am rooting for Warriors as i'm a big fan of it, so hopefully this will not happen to Warriors end up as underdog. Warriors fought hard just to go this far, and in fairness to Celtics they did a good fight too. So may the best team wins as the finals is already fast approaching.

I agree that there is a good case to be made about the Finals being a bit more risky for each team, and there is nothing that will change that in any finals in history or the future. Remember the time Toronto won? That wasn't an easy thing but they won because Warriors got so many injured players in a single finals series, they were basically out of everyone for a while, and the next season as well.

So anything could happen, I do see Warriors as favorites, and they know that they are favorites, but one injury, one mishap, and everything could change. This is why I never say it's guaranteed for any team to win, it will never be like that.

[Ratash]

I am not a fan of golden state warriors but they have been getting past the playoff teams quite easily the only tough one was against the grizzlies which ended 4 2 in their favor i think they will be the champions they deserve it.

[darxiaomi]

Well we can say we have a final of NBA between the historic winner of the NBA (Boston) and the winner of this era (Golden State), i think all depends of how well the Golden State "splash brothers" shots from 3 points. If they are in god level GG for Boston, buts lets see how the defence of Boston try to block this.

[Fatunad]

I am not a fan of golden state warriors but they have been getting past the playoff teams quite easily the only tough one was against the grizzlies which ended 4 2 in their favor i think they will be the champions they deserve it.

Even having some good sweep on Mavericks which we know a strong team but it seems Warriors doesnt really break a sweat on that one which you could really say that they are really a strong contender
on getting the Championship for this year but lets see if Celtics could really make out some counter in speaking with those splash brothers which is really something that hard to be stopped
once they are on a good position. We cant conclude though but its really hard to resist on not to mind an obvious result.

[Dave1]

I am not a fan of golden state warriors but they have been getting past the playoff teams quite easily the only tough one was against the grizzlies which ended 4 2 in their favor i think they will be the champions they deserve it.

Even having some good sweep on Mavericks which we know a strong team but it seems Warriors doesnt really break a sweat on that one which you could really say that they are really a strong contender
on getting the Championship for this year but lets see if Celtics could really make out some counter in speaking with those splash brothers which is really something that hard to be stopped
once they are on a good position. We cant conclude though but its really hard to resist on not to mind an obvious result.

But this could be a different series though as the Warriors will have to sweat it out against the Celtics. Boston is built to play defense, and they have a improved Tatum and then Smart and Brown to complement him.

However, the Warriors has want we call a championship DNA and they have a good leader in Green. For me he is going to play a big factor in this series, not much on offense, but to motivated his guys, Steph and Klay.

[LogitechMouse]

i think all depends of how well the Golden State "splash brothers" shots from 3 points.

Splash Brothers are long gone already because they are called now as "Lethal Weapon 3" . At least let's add Poole into them because we already saw how good he is offensively.

I am not a fan of golden state warriors but they have been getting past the playoff teams quite easily the only tough one was against the grizzlies which ended 4 2 in their favor i think they will be the champions they deserve it.

I'm a Warrior fan but underestimating the Celtics is wrong.
Let's take note that the Celtics are one of the best if not the best defensive team right now and their 5 starters are even voted for defensive players of the year so I'm curious on how the Warriors will take the peskiness of the Celtics. This will be their toughest series for sure and if there is one advantage that the Warriors have against the Celtics, it's the experience in the NBA Finals since no one in the Celtics experienced it until now.

[Russlenat]

Boston came from a great series after another, facing KD's Nets at the first round, then the defending champ in the second round.

Now, they just currently beat the Heat in the ECF finals. It will be nicer if they will draw the fight, Tatum, Brown and Smart against

Curry, Thompson and Green a great core who really carries the entire team up to these final. Both teams will again lean to how those stars

will tower both offense and the defense.

I would like to see them winning the championship this year too since they are really into breaking some great walls to reach this far. But there's one more torn road they need to get through which is the healthy GSW. will they come up with another upset victory against GSW or are they will gonna be like the Mavs in the WCF?

I see the Boston Celtics will really have the chance if they start winning the first two games of the series but if they gonna lose, then it will be hard to come back when you are against the splash brothers.

Can't see which one will win yet but when talking about advantages, surely the Warriors have those advantages as they're the ones who's healthy and have a fresh feet this Finals because they have rested good while waiting the ECF winner. Aside from that, the first two games will be played at Chase Center and we know how impressive is the Warriors when it comes to their homecourt and they have these players who is hard to guard and their offense is entirely good.

About Boston Celtics, they will have some struggle especially in the Game 1 because they will be the ones who will adjust more to the Warriors power and capabilities. If we're talking about player capabilities, Celtics have the handicaps and disadvantage about that because almost everyone in the present roster of Warriors is stepping up while the Celtics side only have 3 or 4 good valuable players.

[Distinctin]

Now, it's the Boston Celtics vs Golden State Warriors Good luck mate! The first two games will be held at the Warriors home.

It's going to be a great matchup.  I think Al Horford might end up being the key to the Celtics having a chance to win.  That's really the only position they have a clear advantage over the Warriors, while the Warriors have Steph, which basically gives them a chance to win any night.  Both teams are great defensively, so I think it's going to come down to Steph's shooting or Horford's inside play.  Personally, I'd put my money on Steph.

Yes, expect it because it will. I'm seeing a Game 6 or 7 here, still not clear which one of them will be the champion this season. Both of them is good them is capable of winning and both of them have a chance. They better hope there would be no big mistakes because the other team will literally eat them alive if they give some slack.

Al Horford will be used as the Forward while Robert Williams will also be used as their center, they need to take advantage of their size because that could be their winning moment. They better not follow the Warriors small ball play if they don't want to be defeated.

[OgNasty]

I don’t think it will be as close as some others seem to think. The Warriors have so much Finals experience, I expect them to dominate the first two games and then maybe lose one in Boston. Warriors in 5. We’ll get our first look in just two more days! Exciting.

[ChiBitCTy]

As a lifelong Bulls fan l was really pulling for the Miami Heat as Jimmy Butler is of course one of my favorite players of all time. He couldn’t pull it off, and I’m certainly not happy that he took that rushed 3 pointer at the end of the game but shit he was doing it all. Celtics were just too deep.

[RealMalatesta]

It's going to be a great matchup.  I think Al Horford might end up being the key to the Celtics having a chance to win.  That's really the only position they have a clear advantage over the Warriors, while the Warriors have Steph, which basically gives them a chance to win any night.  Both teams are great defensively, so I think it's going to come down to Steph's shooting or Horford's inside play.  Personally, I'd put my money on Steph.

Yes, expect it because it will. I'm seeing a Game 6 or 7 here, still not clear which one of them will be the champion this season. Both of them is good them is capable of winning and both of them have a chance. They better hope there would be no big mistakes because the other team will literally eat them alive if they give some slack.

Al Horford will be used as the Forward while Robert Williams will also be used as their center, they need to take advantage of their size because that could be their winning moment. They better not follow the Warriors small ball play if they don't want to be defeated.

I am not sure about that at all. I know that there are situations where we could end up with a game 7, but I doubt that because Warriors are much much better team and they have been resting for a lot longer as well. I get that some people think that Celtics could stop them, and I agreed about the defensive part as well, but I still think that Warriors are a much better team all around, they will have a lot of players which could make a difference, not just Curry alone.

It used to be Curry and Klay, while Draymond passed, but now they have Wiggins and Poole as well which makes things a lot more harder for other teams because they can't just lock up Curry and hope for the best.

[Fatunad]

I am not a fan of golden state warriors but they have been getting past the playoff teams quite easily the only tough one was against the grizzlies which ended 4 2 in their favor i think they will be the champions they deserve it.

Even having some good sweep on Mavericks which we know a strong team but it seems Warriors doesnt really break a sweat on that one which you could really say that they are really a strong contender
on getting the Championship for this year but lets see if Celtics could really make out some counter in speaking with those splash brothers which is really something that hard to be stopped
once they are on a good position. We cant conclude though but its really hard to resist on not to mind an obvious result.

But this could be a different series though as the Warriors will have to sweat it out against the Celtics. Boston is built to play defense, and they have a improved Tatum and then Smart and Brown to complement him.

However, the Warriors has want we call a championship DNA and they have a good leader in Green. For me he is going to play a big factor in this series, not much on offense, but to motivated his guys, Steph and Klay.

Some do say that boosting morale is a kind of not so important kind of thing on a certain game which is definitely wrong and just like you said about Green then i do agree with that.
Motivation and having that boost in morale is really playing a role on any particular game specially if it does talk or mention about team work.
Speaking about breaking some sweat then for sure GSW would might have that challenging game against Celtics.

[Spack17]

Although GSW appears to be the favorite team in this final series, Celtics were able to win against the Heat after fierce matches and shows that they are not an easy opponent. There will be no easy matches in the final series and i think the Celtics can make a surprise.

[Natalim]

Although GSW appears to be the favorite team in this final series, Celtics were able to win against the Heat after fierce matches and shows that they are not an easy opponent. There will be no easy matches in the final series and i think the Celtics can make a surprise.

Yes, they win against the Heat and that's what matters. However, Heat is now the same brand of the Warriors, the Warriors are more on a team play, they move the ball very well and not only that, their shooting and defense are way better than the Heat as well.

[Russlenat]

Although GSW appears to be the favorite team in this final series, Celtics were able to win against the Heat after fierce matches and shows that they are not an easy opponent. There will be no easy matches in the final series and i think the Celtics can make a surprise.

Yes, they win against the Heat and that's what matters. However, Heat is now the same brand of the Warriors, the Warriors are more on a team play, they move the ball very well and not only that, their shooting and defense are way better than the Heat as well.

And I will add to that, the defensive players of the Warriors (Igoudala, Porter, Payton) will likely return in Game 1. Not sure how would the Celtics respond to every game but I'm sure and I know that they can adjust well according to the Warriors play.

The Celtics made their revenge by defeating the Brooklyn Nets, Milwaukee Bucks, and Miami Heat respectively and that is certainly not an easy feat to achieve because those teams are one of the heaviest teams in the West including the defending champion. And now that they are in the Finals, can they defeat the Warriors though? That's what I want to find out.