Schedule and 2017-18 Results
Regular Season Records: Golden State 58-24, Cleveland 50-32
Game 1: Thursday, 31 May: Cleveland loses at Golden State, 124-pts-114 (OT)
Game 2: Sunday, 03 June: Cleveland loses at Golden State, 122-pts-103
Game 3: Wednesday, 06 June: Golden State wins at Cleveland, 110-pts-102
Game 4: Friday, 08 June: Golden State wins at Cleveland, 108-pts-85

SERIES NOTES:

After Game 4: The Golden State Warriors visited and bested the Cleveland Cavaliers 108-pts-85 to complete a 4-games-nil best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1382 victory. With the series 1382 win, the Golden State Warriors improve their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record to 22-11 (with an active eight-series winning streak befitting a newly-crowned two-time defending NBA champion) overall and 4-1 in the Finals round. With the series 1382 loss, the Cleveland Cavaliers see their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record fall to 23-11 overall and 1-4 in the Finals round. The win order for the victorious Golden State Warriors in series 1382 was WWWW: Series 1382 thus becomes the ninth NBA Finals-round series, the 81st NBA series (all rounds), and the 227th MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow that win order to completion. The sum of the victory margins in series 1382 was sixty points; that is the largest such sum for any best-of-7 format NBA Finals ending in a four-game sweep.

After Game 3: The Golden State Warriors visited and defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers 110-pts-102 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1382 lead of 3-games-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-nil, the Golden State Warriors have a series record of 8-0 and a Game 4 record of 5-3. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-nil, the Cleveland Cavaliers have a series record of 0-3 and a Game 4 record of 1-2. The Golden State Warriors also began the 2017 NBA Finals with a 3-games-nil lead, losing Game 4 in Cleveland vs the Cavaliers but winning Game 5 and the 2017 NBA championship in Golden State. Golden State also led the 1975 NBA Finals 3-games-nil, and would sweep the old Washington Bullets in four games.

After Game 2: The Golden State Warriors hosted and defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers 122-pts-103 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1382 lead of 2-games-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-nil, the Golden State Warriors have a series record of 11-1 (with an active six-series winning streak) and a Game 3 record of 8-4. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-nil, the Cleveland Cavaliers have a series record of 3-6 and a Game 3 record of 6-3. The last team to open an NBA Finals series WW @ HH but lose the series was the 2016 Golden State Warriors (to the Cleveland Cavaliers).

After Game 1: The Golden State Warriors hosted and bested the Cleveland Cavaliers 124-pts-114 in overtime to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1382 lead of 1-game-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Golden State Warriors have a series record of 18-4 (with an active seven-series winning streak) and a Game 2 record of 12-10. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Cleveland Cavaliers have a series record of 6-9 and a Game 2 record of 6-9. With the series 1382 Game 1 win, Golden State extends its best-of-7 NBA playoff Game 1 winning streak to nine. The 238 total series 1382 Game 1 points are the most in a best-of-7 NBA Finals Game 1 since 1995, when the Houston Rockets visited and defeated the Orlando Magic 120-pts-118 in Game 1 of their best-of-7 NBA Finals series (series 694).

Pre-series assessment: In the 2017-18 NBA regular season, the Golden State Warriors finished eight games ahead of the Cleveland Cavaliers. From 1947 through the 2018 NHL and NBA Semifinals round, when NBA teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by eight regular-season games, they have posted a best-of-7 playoff series record of 25-6 (.806) in those series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1382 is the 33rd best-of-7 NBA playoff series for the Golden State Warriors, and the 34th for the Cleveland Cavaliers. In best-of-7 NBA playoff series, the Golden State Warriors have an all-rounds series record of 21-11 (with an active seven-series winning streak befitting a defending NBA champion), a Finals-round series record of 3-1, and a Game 1 record of 22-10 (with an active eight-Game 1 winning streak), while the Cleveland Cavaliers have an all-rounds series record of 23-10, a Finals-round series record of 1-3, and a Game 1 record of 18-15. Series 1382 is the fourth best-of-7 NBA playoff series meeting between the Golden State Warriors and the Cleveland Cavaliers. For the fourth consecutive season, the Golden State Warriors will meet the Cleveland Cavaliers in the NBA Finals, with Golden State holding the home-court advantage. Of the previous three meetings, Golden State won in 2015 and 2017, while Cleveland won in 2016.