GDN: NBA LIVE 10 Picks Cavaliers to Win it

An EA SPORTS videogame simulation of the entire 2009–10 NBA season using NBA LIVE 10 predicts that the Cleveland Cavaliers will rebound from last year’s playoff elimination and defeat the Los Angeles Lakers in an exhilarating seven-game series during The Finals 2010. Cleveland’s LeBron James completes a legendary season by capturing both the regular season and The Finals MVP awards.

Behind James and the new addition of Shaquille O’Neal, the Cleveland Cavaliers finished with the best record in the Eastern Conference. After defeating the Miami Heat and Chicago Bulls in the NBA Playoffs, the Cavaliers tipped off against the 2009 Eastern Conference Champion, Orlando Magic, in a rematch of last year’s exciting Eastern Conference Finals.

The Los Angeles Lakers finished with the best regular season record in the NBA by tallying an impressive 63 wins. Lakers guard Kobe Bryant led his team in scoring by averaging 27.9 points per game, while teammate Pau Gasol finished as the teams best rebounder securing 10.3 rebounds per game. Los Angeles went on to defeat the Utah Jazz, Denver Nuggets and San Antonio Spurs to advance to The Finals.

Additional Results of the NBA LIVE 10 simulation include:

Heat’s Dwyane Wade captures the league scoring title by averaging 32.5 ppg.
Magic’s’ Dwight Howard, Lakers’ Bryant and Gasol, Heat’s Wade and the Cavaliers’ James complete the All-NBA First Team.
Los Angeles Clippers’ Blake Griffin receives Rookie of the Year honors.
Bulls Joakim Noah is awarded Most Improved Player Award.
Spurs’ Greg Popovich takes home Coach of the Year honors.

EAST STANDINGS
Cleveland	61	21	0.74
Orlando	60	22	0.73
Boston	54	28	0.66
Atlanta	52	30	0.63
Chicago	51	31	0.62
Toronto	50	32	0.61
Washington	48	34	0.59
Miami	41	41	0.50
Philadelphia	40	42	0.49
Detroit	40	42	0.49
Charlotte	39	43	0.48
Indian	38	42	0.48
New Jersey	33	47	0.41
New York	30	52	0.37
Milwaukee	25	57	0.30

WEST STANDINGS
Lakers	63	19	0.77
San Antonio	60	22	0.73
Portland	55	27	0.67
Denver	53	29	0.65
Dallas	51	31	0.62
Suns	50	32	0.61
New Orleans	48	34	0.59
Utah	43	39	0.52
Clippers	41	41	0.50
OKC	32	50	0.39
Houston	30	52	0.37
Golden State	28	54	0.34
Minnesota	27	55	0.33
Memphis	25	57	0.30
Sacramento	24	56	0.30

Eastern Conference Western Conference

First Round First Round

(1) Cleveland defeats (8) Miami, 4-2 (1) LA Lakers defeats (8) Utah, 4-2

(2) Orlando defeats (7) Washington, 4-2 (2) San Antonio defeats (7) New Orleans, 4-3

(3) Boston defeats (3) Toronto, 4-2 (3) Portland defeats (6) Phoenix, 4-3

(5) Chicago defeats (4) Atlanta, 4-3 (4) Denver defeats (5) Dallas, 4-3

Second Round Second Round

(1) Cleveland defeats (5) Chicago, 4-2 (1) LA Lakers defeats (4) Denver, 4-1

(2) Orlando defeats (3) Boston, 4-3 (2) San Antonio defeats (3) Portland, 4-2

Eastern Conference Finals Western Conference Finals

(1) Cleveland defeats (2) Orlando, 4-3 (1) LA Lakers defeats (2) San Antonio, 4-1

The Finals

(1) Cleveland defeats (1) LA Lakers, 4-3

Fans can visit NBA.com for extensive team previews and additional simulation results. Pre-season simulations make the assumption that teams will stay healthy and play a season without any trades, which would alter the end result.

A simulation is conducted by artificial intelligence or logic of the videogame that uses real-life data from each player. Results are extrapolated by the videogame when two teams match up based on player ratings, line combinations, and include variances such as injuries and hot streaks to give a realistic outcome of a game or series.

Powered by Synergy Sports Technology – the premier analytics provider of NBA data for 27 NBA teams – Dynamic DNA emulates an NBA player with absolute precision. Synergy Sports Technology indexes each possession of every NBA game in real time. This data will drive the logic of the game and update every single day of the season to reflect what you see on the court in your virtual experience. NBA LIVE 10 can now be used as a legitimate predictive tool and will be made fresh daily, with the start of the 2009-10 NBA season on October 27.