San Jose Mercury News · May 29, 2018
ESPN’s Van Gundy and Jackson pretty certain how Finals will play out
In this January 2015, file photo, former Golden State Warriors coach Mark Jackson, left, smiles before working as an NBA analyst before an NBA basketball game between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Warriors in Oakland.If you’re planning on enjoying the NBA Finals, don’t blink.
That’s the advice of Jeff Van Gundy and Mark Jackson, who will serve as the ESPN analysts for the deja vu all over again series between the Warriors and Cavaliers.
Van Gundy, pride of Alhambra High School in Martinez, and Jackson, who preceded Steve Kerr as coach of the Warriors, are leaning toward a Warriors victory in four games — only because three games is mathematically impossible.