NBA Championships Ranked in Tiers

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people try to underrate that 2017 Cavs team, they were a Really good team. they were loaded with talent and 3 point shooters. I believe they set a couple records that year too, like 3 pointers in a game by a team and Kevin Love scoring like 37 points in a quarter. people forget that team STREAM Rolled thru the East on their way to the finals.

The Warriors played a better "Team" game but the Cavs weren't undermanned by any stretch.

Kyrie outplayed Steph (AGAIN)

Kevin Love averaged just as many points as Klay did

out of the big 3 for both teams the only Cav that was outscored by his "counterpart" was Lebron, by KD.

No. The benches for the two teams and when Lebron was out is where the Cavs lost the games

Through 4 games of the 2017 NBA finals:


In the 166 minutes LeBron has been on the floor in this series, Cleveland is…… +6.

In the 26 minutes he has been off, Cleveland is……………………………………………. -31.


2017 NBA Finals Averages

• Kevin Durant: 35.2 points, 6.8 assists, 5.4 rebounds
• LeBron James: 33.6 points, 12.0 assists, 10.0 rebounds

In addition to LeBron’s ridiculous totals, he assisted on 42.5 percent the Cavaliers made baskets and had a higher Player Impact Rating (PIE) than Durant.

Without LeBron on the floor, the Cavaliers crumbled under the offensive onslaught of the Warriors. In a series where the Cavaliers were outscored by 34 points, it is remarkable that LeBron recorded a plus/ minus of +20.

Ultimately, LeBron was asked to do more for the Cavaliers than Durant was for the Warriors. Durant had a better supporting cast around him that has a complimentary skill set to his strengths.

We were all witness to LeBron’s greatest statistical Finals performance thus far in his career and it will likely be overshadowed by Durant acquiring his first NBA title and the Warriors dominance.

LeBron averaged a triple-double on the brightest stage, against maybe the best team in NBA history. Unfortunately for him, most NBA fans will remember the 2017 NBA Finals as the the 5th Finals in which he suffered defeat.

I for one, won’t be one of those fans. In my opinion, LeBron was still the best player on the floor in the 2017 NBA Finals. It just so happens that the Cavaliers ran in to a much better team