With only four teams left in the 2016 NBA Playoffs, here are seven reasons the 2016 NBA Finals must be Cleveland Cavaliers versus the Oklahoma City Thunder.
The 2016 NBA Finals are still a round away, as the Conference Finals stage of the 2016 NBA Playoffs are entering only Game 4. While many expect the top-seeded Cleveland Cavaliers to walk through the inferior No. 2 seeded Toronto Raptors to get back to the NBA Finals, it isn’t as clear of a victor in the Western Conference.
The top-seeded Golden State Warriors are down two games to one to the No. 3 seeded Oklahoma City Thunder entering Tuesday night’s Game 4 in Oklahoma City. Yes, both Conference Finals are at 2-1 entering Game 4, but will it be the reigning NBA Champion Warriors or this terrific Thunder team that will presumably meet Cleveland in the 2016 NBA Finals?
While many tabbed a certain rematch between Cleveland and Golden State in the 2016 NBA Finals, not only may that not come to fruition, but it may be the lesser of the two potentially exciting series.
Though rematches do offer great intrigue, here are seven strong reasons that the 2016 NBA Finals has to be between Cleveland and Oklahoma City in June.
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