2015 NBA Finals Odds to Win Series
Golden State vs. Cleveland Warriors (-240) Cavaliers (+200)Analysis
It’s a nice storyline and all that LeBron James will be playing in his fifth straight NBA Finals while Golden State will be making their first trip back to the Big Dance in exactly four decades. However, the fact of the matter is that when you size these two teams up, the edge clearly goes to the Golden State Warriors – at least on paper. The Warriors finished the regular season with the league’s best record (67-15) while winning 14 more game than the Cavaliers (53-29) who finished second in the Eastern Conference to now dispatched Atlanta. Not only that, but while the Cavaliers (65-31 SU,47-49 ATS, 39-56 O/U) have had a relatively easy time in bouncing young Boston, and highly disappointing Chicago and Atlanta while dropping just two games, the Warriors (79-18 SU, 54-42-1 ATS, 42-54-1 O/U) will be much better off for having gone through a very good New Orleans team, seriously defensive-minded Memphis and last but not least, a Houston Rockets team that showed they deserved to be seeded second out West.
