WEBVTT - Bloomberg's Soshnick Previews NBA Championship Game 7 (Audio)

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<v Speaker 1>Play. But there's gonna be a lot of soda drinking,

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<v Speaker 1>even some beer drinking in Oakland this Sunday night, in fact,

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<v Speaker 1>in homes across the country, as the Cleveland Cavaliers, led

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<v Speaker 1>by some amazing playing last night by Lebron James, come

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<v Speaker 1>back from a three game deficit to move on to

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<v Speaker 1>Game seven against the Oakland the Golden State Warriors this

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<v Speaker 1>Sunday night. Quite a game, quite a showdown. And Scott

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<v Speaker 1>Sashnik is here, our sports reporter at large, to put

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<v Speaker 1>this in contacts for US. I guess Scott's starting with

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<v Speaker 1>what this means for the Cavaliers franchise if they pull

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<v Speaker 1>this off. Quite apart from the drama, for anybody who's

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<v Speaker 1>been watching these games, this has been amazing. Well, this

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<v Speaker 1>goes back to when Lebron left Cleveland. He left because

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<v Speaker 1>he didn't feel he could win there, so he went

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<v Speaker 1>to Miami. He got his two titles, then he said

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<v Speaker 1>he wanted to go back home to fulfill that destiny

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<v Speaker 1>and win a championship for the city that has been struggling.

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<v Speaker 1>Didn't look good down three one. Stuff was playing well,

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<v Speaker 1>the Warriors were playing well. Yeah, everybody's play. It didn't

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<v Speaker 1>look so good for the for the Calves. Here they

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<v Speaker 1>are though they've done what they had to do three three,

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<v Speaker 1>And if you're Lebron James, you have to let your

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<v Speaker 1>chances in a one one game lottery? Sure? Why not?

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<v Speaker 1>All right, Scott, They're gonna be playing Sunday, as Kathleen

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<v Speaker 1>mentioned at the Oracle Arena. And what's your call on

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<v Speaker 1>this game? Are the Cavaliers gonna take it? Or will

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<v Speaker 1>the Golden State Warriors send Steph Curry take it? Why

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<v Speaker 1>do you put me in these positions because that's what

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<v Speaker 1>you get paid for it. Well, to think of a

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<v Speaker 1>team that hadn't lost many games at all this year,

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<v Speaker 1>record breaking season for the Warriors. They did lose Andrew Bogat.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's not minimize they're not at full strength. But back

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<v Speaker 1>on the home floor, comfort, sleep in your own bed,

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<v Speaker 1>all the things that a home crowd gives. It'd be

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<v Speaker 1>hard for me to fathom that team losing three games

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<v Speaker 1>in a row, even though they don't look they looked

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<v Speaker 1>a little wobbly in the last two. If they're we're

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<v Speaker 1>gonna regain their footing there you go back on your

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<v Speaker 1>home floor. You've got to give a slight edge to

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<v Speaker 1>the calf to the to the Warriors, simply because they're

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<v Speaker 1>back in those familiar territories, so give them a slight edge.

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<v Speaker 1>But again, Lebron on fire the last couple of games,

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<v Speaker 1>and Draymond Green was out the game before last. But

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<v Speaker 1>even with even with Draymond Green back, and I know

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<v Speaker 1>he was on his home court. Yeah, it's I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>this is what you were set up for going into

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<v Speaker 1>this playoffs. Everybody wanted to see the record setting team

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<v Speaker 1>against arguably the best player in the league in Lebron

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<v Speaker 1>or is it staff Lebron? Has he helped craft this

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<v Speaker 1>team he wanted? Kevin Love, you want to carry Irving?

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<v Speaker 1>This is the team he wanted. He no matter what

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<v Speaker 1>he says, he helped to pick these players he could

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<v Speaker 1>never have foreseen as nobody in the NBA did. Not

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<v Speaker 1>only the Warriors, but the rise of Steph Curry. Everything

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<v Speaker 1>has become about Steph. All those Lebron jerseys you saw

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<v Speaker 1>a few years ago New York City. You walk around,

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<v Speaker 1>maybe I'll see a Porzingis or Karmelo Anthony. Maybe all

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<v Speaker 1>I see is Steph Curry. All the kids know is

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<v Speaker 1>Warriors and Steph and the kids are He's changed the game,

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<v Speaker 1>They're taking three point shots from twenty five ft away.

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<v Speaker 1>Revolutionized the game. He's selling more jersey than anybody else.

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<v Speaker 1>He's a great billboard for the league. He's gonna be

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<v Speaker 1>a great international spokesman as Lebron was. Now we see

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<v Speaker 1>if you can add back to back champion to it,

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<v Speaker 1>because Lebron needs that. In Cleveland, can I get your

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<v Speaker 1>assessment of the first quarter, because the Cavaliers right, I

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<v Speaker 1>mean they right, I mean what happened Golden State scoring

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<v Speaker 1>in the first quarter, I believe was the fewest quarter

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<v Speaker 1>first quarter points that the team has scored in a

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<v Speaker 1>finals game in the shot clock era. You know, this

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<v Speaker 1>is gonna sound really simplistic and maybe even a bit dumb,

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<v Speaker 1>but I'm gonna do it anyway more than any other team.

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<v Speaker 1>You know what it boils down to for the Warriors,

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<v Speaker 1>and of course it's the basis upon which the entire

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<v Speaker 1>game is laid. They need to make their shots. You

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<v Speaker 1>can't guard the shots. You can make them try and

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<v Speaker 1>you've seen a little holding and it's been a little

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<v Speaker 1>more difficult for stuff to get open around those screens.

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<v Speaker 1>But these guys throughout the season, they've won because Clay

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<v Speaker 1>Thompson and Steph Curry, even with a seven footer in

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<v Speaker 1>their face from thirty two ft away, make the shots.

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<v Speaker 1>So if they have one of those games where those

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<v Speaker 1>two guys make their shots, which more often than not

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<v Speaker 1>they do, they're going to win. If Cleveland wins, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>you just had a scoop on a steak in the calves.

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<v Speaker 1>What does it mean for the value of their franchise?

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<v Speaker 1>What does it mean for the city of Cleveland, Well,

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<v Speaker 1>they can what does it mean they can stop talking

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<v Speaker 1>about Ernest Binder and whoa is us? The fumble, all

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<v Speaker 1>the bad things that happened. Line man, come on the money.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't think means anything for the valuation of the

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<v Speaker 1>franchise because as all of the pillars that drive valuation

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<v Speaker 1>your national revenues, you'll this this is a marquee team

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<v Speaker 1>with arguably again the best player in the world. They're

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<v Speaker 1>high profile. They make tons of national TV appearances the

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<v Speaker 1>most you can. They have an international following, they have

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<v Speaker 1>superstar players, they sell out, Their marketing is great, their

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<v Speaker 1>sponsorship is great. Because of all those things. Can they

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<v Speaker 1>get a little halo bump off a championship sort of

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<v Speaker 1>a little five T kicker on their sponsors or tickets. Sure, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>he could probably ring a few extra pennies out out

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<v Speaker 1>of his customers. But when you're talking about billion and

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<v Speaker 1>a half two billion dollar franchises, you're talking pennies on

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<v Speaker 1>the dollar. All right, we're gonna be looking, of course,

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<v Speaker 1>on Sunday Game seven Sunday Oracle Arena, eight pm Eastern

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<v Speaker 1>Time on ABC. Thank you very much to Scott Sashnik,

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<v Speaker 1>Bloomberg Sports reporter at large. You're listening to taking Stock

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<v Speaker 1>on Bloomberg Radio.