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EA SPORTS NBA LIVE 10 SEASON SIMULATION PREDICTS

CLEVELAND CAVALIERS AS 2009-10 NBA CHAMPIONS

 
LeBron James Named both Regular Season and Finals MVP
 

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’ Jamescomplete 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.

       

       

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