According to a full season simulation by EA SPORTS™ video game NBA Live 10, the Cleveland Cavaliers will walk away as NBA Champions for the 09-10 season. LeBron James gets named as the Regular Season and Finals MVP as he led his team through a tough seven-game series against defending champs Los Angeles Lakers. All we can do now is wait and see if NBA Live 10 predicted this right and bring the title back to the East. Enjoy the following press release of extra stats of the season simulation and how the other teams stacked up. Till then, i think i'll play this incredible basketball game, NBA 2K10, Oh wait...
EA SPORTS NBA LIVE 10 SEASON SIMULATION PREDICTS CLEVELAND CAVALIERS AS 2009-10 NBA CHAMPIONS
LeBron James Named both Regular Season and Finals MVPAn 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 ConferenceFirst 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, 4-3Second 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, 4-2Eastern Conference Finals Western Conference Finals(1) Cleveland defeats (2) Orlando, 4-3 (1) LA Lakers defeats (2) San Antonio, 4-1The Finals(1) Cleveland defeats (1) LA Lakers, 4-3Fans 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.