FO' BETTER OR FO' WORSE? (cover story)

CLEVELAND Cavaliers (Basketball team) ; GOLDEN State Warriors (Basketball team) ; NATIONAL Basketball Association 075255729

JAMES, LeBron, 1984-; CURRY, Stephen, 1988-; DURANT, Kevin, 1988-

The article previews the 2017 National Basketball Association (NBA) Finals between the Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers and discusses how the teams' success has impacted the quality of the NBA. It discusses specific players including LeBron James, Kevin Love, and Kyrie Irving of the Cavaliers and Steph Curry, Klay Thompson, and Kevin Durant of the Warriors. The author goes on to consider how other NBA teams approach planning their teams or forecasting success based on defeating the Cavaliers and Warriors.