With the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Golden State Warriors facing off for the third straight year, here are the pertinent numbers involving all aspects of the 2017 NBA Finals.
3. The trilogy storyline makes sense, since this is the first time in the league's history that two teams face each other for three consecutive seasons. The first meeting saw the Warriors won their first NBA title in forty years, while the second meeting saw the Cavs become the first team to overcome a 3-1 deficit to win a NBA title, clinching their first championship in dramatic fashion.
61. There hasn't been a trilogy like this in the four major professional sports in the United States.
4. In line with the last sentence, this is the fourth such occurrence, following the Cleveland Browns vs Detroit Lions (1952-54), New York Yankees vs New York Giants (1921-23), and the Detroit Red Wings vs Montreal Canadiens (1954-56)
11. There are eleven players on both rosters that have been named into an All-Star team, the most since 1983. (Kevin Love, LeBron James, Kyrie Irving, Deron Williams, and Kyle Korver for Cleveland; Draymond Green, Kevin Durant, Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, Andre Iguodala, and David West for Golden State)
12. Golden State is the first team to win their first twelve games in a single postseason.
7. LeBron James will become the seventh player in NBA history to play in the Finals for seven straight seasons, following these six Celtics: Bill Russell, Tom Heinsohn, K.C. Jones, Sam Jones, Frank Ramsey, and Bob Cousy.
30. That is the number of the two-time Kia NBA MVP Stephen Curry, which leads the NBA in jersey sales in the last two regular seasons.
1,000. Both the Cavaliers (1,067 this season) and the Warriors (1,077 last season) have made a thousand three-pointers in a regular season. The only other team to pull off that feat is the Houston Rockets, which set a league record by converting 1,181 this season.
2. Tyronn Lue is seeking to become the second head coach in NBA history to claim a championship in his first two seasons. John Kundla with the Minneapolis Lakers in 1949-50 remains the only coach so far to accomplish this feat.
9. Mark Jackson will be serving as the analyst for ABC's coverage of the NBA Finals for the ninth time, which is the most among African-Americans.
8. The quartet of Mike Breen (play-by-play), Jackson and Jeff Van Gundy (analysts), and Doris Burke (sideline) will be taking care of the NBA Finals coverage for the eighth time as a broadcast team.
21. NBA TV collection of studio analysts have a combined 21 NBA Finals appearances. Shaquille O'Neal leads the way with six, followed by Kevin McHale's five, and Isiah Thomas' three. Kenny Smith and Brent Barry have two appearances, while Charles Barkley, Steve Smith, and Dennis Scott each made one appearance.
90. NBA TV will have a 90-minute pregame show called Live At The Finals.
1.3 Billion. The NBA has arguably one of the biggest social media footprints and communities in the world, with 1.3 billion likes and followers all across the different platforms worldwide.
90 Million. LeBron James is the most-followed NBA player on social media, with the 90 million broken down into 23.1 million on Facebook, 36.4 million on Twitter, and 30.5 million on Instagram. Of course, LeBron is noted to go off-grid to focus for the postseason, referring it as "Zero Dark Twenty-Three."
265. At least 265 international media members from over 35 countries and territories will provide onsite NBA Finals coverage for fans in over 215 countries and territories in 49 languages.
16. There are 16 international television and radio networks providing LIVE onsite NBA Finals commentary, including our very own TJ Manotoc and Boom Gonzalez for ABS-CBN Sports. Aside from the Philippines, Belgium, Brazil, China, France, Italy, Japan, Mexico, the Middle East, Poland, Spain, and Chinese-Taipei are the other networks.
14. Fourteen television networks will be making their NBA Finals debut with regards to remote broadcast of the series: GreatSports Channel (China), DAZN (Germany), LeSports (Hong Kong), DAZN (Japan), Kwesé Sports (Pan-Africa), NBA TV – MEO (Portugal), Russiabasket.ru (Russia), Eleven Sports Network (Singapore), Aftonbladet.se (Sweden), Elevensportsnetwork.tw (Taiwan), AIS Play (Thailand), NBA TV – Turkcell TV (Turkey), S Spor (Turkey) and VTVcab (Vietnam)
1,089 and 1,090. NBA Cares is creating a program at Westlake Middle School in Oakland (1,089th) and the Boys & Girls Clubs of Cleveland at East Tech High School (1,090th) where kids and families can live, learn, or play.
3. The trilogy storyline makes sense, since this is the first time in the league's history that two teams face each other for three consecutive seasons. The first meeting saw the Warriors won their first NBA title in forty years, while the second meeting saw the Cavs become the first team to overcome a 3-1 deficit to win a NBA title, clinching their first championship in dramatic fashion.
61. There hasn't been a trilogy like this in the four major professional sports in the United States.
4. In line with the last sentence, this is the fourth such occurrence, following the Cleveland Browns vs Detroit Lions (1952-54), New York Yankees vs New York Giants (1921-23), and the Detroit Red Wings vs Montreal Canadiens (1954-56)
11. There are eleven players on both rosters that have been named into an All-Star team, the most since 1983. (Kevin Love, LeBron James, Kyrie Irving, Deron Williams, and Kyle Korver for Cleveland; Draymond Green, Kevin Durant, Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, Andre Iguodala, and David West for Golden State)
12. Golden State is the first team to win their first twelve games in a single postseason.
7. LeBron James will become the seventh player in NBA history to play in the Finals for seven straight seasons, following these six Celtics: Bill Russell, Tom Heinsohn, K.C. Jones, Sam Jones, Frank Ramsey, and Bob Cousy.
30. That is the number of the two-time Kia NBA MVP Stephen Curry, which leads the NBA in jersey sales in the last two regular seasons.
1,000. Both the Cavaliers (1,067 this season) and the Warriors (1,077 last season) have made a thousand three-pointers in a regular season. The only other team to pull off that feat is the Houston Rockets, which set a league record by converting 1,181 this season.
2. Tyronn Lue is seeking to become the second head coach in NBA history to claim a championship in his first two seasons. John Kundla with the Minneapolis Lakers in 1949-50 remains the only coach so far to accomplish this feat.
9. Mark Jackson will be serving as the analyst for ABC's coverage of the NBA Finals for the ninth time, which is the most among African-Americans.
8. The quartet of Mike Breen (play-by-play), Jackson and Jeff Van Gundy (analysts), and Doris Burke (sideline) will be taking care of the NBA Finals coverage for the eighth time as a broadcast team.
21. NBA TV collection of studio analysts have a combined 21 NBA Finals appearances. Shaquille O'Neal leads the way with six, followed by Kevin McHale's five, and Isiah Thomas' three. Kenny Smith and Brent Barry have two appearances, while Charles Barkley, Steve Smith, and Dennis Scott each made one appearance.
90. NBA TV will have a 90-minute pregame show called Live At The Finals.
1.3 Billion. The NBA has arguably one of the biggest social media footprints and communities in the world, with 1.3 billion likes and followers all across the different platforms worldwide.
90 Million. LeBron James is the most-followed NBA player on social media, with the 90 million broken down into 23.1 million on Facebook, 36.4 million on Twitter, and 30.5 million on Instagram. Of course, LeBron is noted to go off-grid to focus for the postseason, referring it as "Zero Dark Twenty-Three."
265. At least 265 international media members from over 35 countries and territories will provide onsite NBA Finals coverage for fans in over 215 countries and territories in 49 languages.
16. There are 16 international television and radio networks providing LIVE onsite NBA Finals commentary, including our very own TJ Manotoc and Boom Gonzalez for ABS-CBN Sports. Aside from the Philippines, Belgium, Brazil, China, France, Italy, Japan, Mexico, the Middle East, Poland, Spain, and Chinese-Taipei are the other networks.
14. Fourteen television networks will be making their NBA Finals debut with regards to remote broadcast of the series: GreatSports Channel (China), DAZN (Germany), LeSports (Hong Kong), DAZN (Japan), Kwesé Sports (Pan-Africa), NBA TV – MEO (Portugal), Russiabasket.ru (Russia), Eleven Sports Network (Singapore), Aftonbladet.se (Sweden), Elevensportsnetwork.tw (Taiwan), AIS Play (Thailand), NBA TV – Turkcell TV (Turkey), S Spor (Turkey) and VTVcab (Vietnam)
1,089 and 1,090. NBA Cares is creating a program at Westlake Middle School in Oakland (1,089th) and the Boys & Girls Clubs of Cleveland at East Tech High School (1,090th) where kids and families can live, learn, or play.
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