Keeping Score: Championship Characteristics in the N.B.A. Finals
By CARLTON J. CHIN and JAY P. GRANATAfter analyzing the championship games or series of the N.F.L., N.B.A., Major League Baseball and N.H.L., and the major finals in golf and tennis, we identified 50 championships characteristics in our book, “Who Will Win the Big Game? A Psychological and Mathematical Method.”
Based on this research, we focused on several championship characteristics that might help predict the winner of the N.B.A. finals, which start Tuesday night in Miami.
Last year’s analysis highlighted leadership factors and correctly predicted that the Lakers would win the championship.
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