Warriors and Cavaliers will battle to win NBA Finals beginning June 4 in Oakland Jared Nigro, Editor nals, the 1 seeded Sports Golden State War- The NBA playoffs have start- riors (1) defeated ed and are in full swing as NBA the Houston Rock- teams battle to win something ets (2) in the series all NBA players have dreamed 4 to 1 games. of having: a Championship ring. In the Eastern The NBA playoffs started on Conference Finals, April 18 and are set to end on June the Cleveland Cav- 4, the date when the Finals begin. aliers (2) swept the TNT and ESPN will broadcast the top seeded Atlanta Finals and Conference Finals. For Hawks (1) with a those who don’t know how the play- score of 4 to 0. offs work, they start with 16 teams The Cavs and of the 30 in the league. There are Warriors will play 4 rounds with a best-of-7 series, each other during so the first team to win 4 games in the Finals. a series will move on. Only 4 teams Many people at will move on into the second round Faith Lutheran be- from the first, 2 teams in the sec- lieve the Golden ond round will move on to the Con- State Warriors will Photo Courtesy of Wikimedia ference Finals, and after that the win the NBA cham- Finals are set. pionship. Stephen Curry, the league’s MVP, handling the The teams that moved on “I think the Gold- ball during the 2015 NBA playoffs. His team, the into the second round included en State Warriors Golden State Warriors, are favored to be the NBA the Golden State Warriors (1), will win the Finals Champions for the 2014-2015 basketball season. the Houston Rockets (2), the because they have Los Angeles Clippers (3), and the MVP, Stephen Many upsets have occurred the Memphis Grizzlies (5). Curry, shooting three pointers in these playoffs, but Dicker- In the Eastern Conference, all the time,” said seventh grad- son and Cooke believe that no the teams that moved on in- er Daniel Cooke. upsets will occur for the rest of cluded the Atlanta Hawks (1), Eighth grader Koby Dicker- the playoffs. But again, Turner the Cleveland Cavaliers (2), son agrees with Cooke that the disagrees. the Chicago Bulls (3), and the Warriors will win because of “I think the Wizards are go- Washington Wizards (5). Curry. ing to just beat everyone that The teams that will move on “The Warriors will win the they play and win the champi- into the Western Conference Fi- NBA championship because onship,” Turner stated. nals include the Golden State they have Curry, Thompson, There are many players in the Warriors (1) and the Houston and Green,” said Dickerson. Playoffs now, but some players Rockets (2). They each beat the Seventh grader Winston may have to stand out to make Memphis Grizzlies (5) and the Turner believes that the War- their team win. Dickerson, Los Angeles Clippers (3). riors will not win it. He believes Cooke, and Turner all agree The teams in the Eastern in his favorite team. that Steph Curry will stand out Conference that will move on to “I think that the Washington the most “because he is the their Conference Finals include Wizards will win the champion- MVP,” Dickerson said. the Atlanta Hawks (1) and the ship because they are my favor- Everyone in America will soon Cleveland Cavaliers (2). They ite team, also they have John find out who will win the Finals played the Washington Wizards Wall and Bradley Beal,” said starting on June 4 and going (5) and the Chicago Bulls (3). Turner before the Wizards were throughout the next couple of In the Western Conference Fi- eliminated in the second round. weeks of June. Vol. 15, Issue 7 - June 1, 2015 #.