The 2017 NBA Finals will be the championship series of the National Basketball Association NBA 2016–17 season and conclusion of the 2017 playoffs. For the first time in NBA history two teams will meet for a third consecutive year: the Eastern Conference champion Cleveland Cavaliers will face the Western Conference champion Golden State Warriors. The Cavaliers seek to repeat as champions after winning the championship in 2016, while the Warriors won the first meeting in 2015. Golden State earned home-court advantage with a 2016–17 regular season record of 67–15, while Cleveland finished the regular season with a 51–31 record. The Warriors enter the 2017 Finals after becoming the first team in NBA playoff history to start 12–0, while the Cavaliers enter the 2017 Finals with a 12–1 record during the first three rounds of the postseason.
This is the Golden State Warriors third consecutive trip to the NBA Finals. With the acquisition of free agent Kevin Durant in the offseason, the Warriors were hailed as a Superteam" by the media and fans, forming a new All-Star "Big Four of Durant, Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson and Draymond Green
This is the Cleveland Cavaliers' third consecutive trip to the NBA Finals, and fourth appearance overall, seeking to repeat as NBA champions. This will also be the seventh consecutive NBA Finals appearance for LeBron James, and the sixth for James Jones who technically qualified for the 2011 NBA Finals along with James
