Si Players Nba Poll

WHICH TEAM WILL WIN THIS YEAR'S NBA TITLE?

Lakers 65%

Celtics 16%

Cavaliers 5%

Magic 3%

Spurs 3%

FAST FACTS

Each of the top-five vote-getting teams has played in at least one NBA Finals since '07; the Lakers, with Kobe Bryant (above left, 24) and Pau Gasol, have been to two.... The Nuggets, currently second in the West, received a single vote.... West is best: Only 28% of the voters believed a team from the East such as the Celtics (with '08 Finals MVP Paul Pierce, above right) could win it all.

Based on a survey of 173 NBA players