Basketball analysts have debated whether the dominance of LeBron James or Golden State’s addition of Kevin Durant will lift their respective teams to a championship.
Once again, Farms.com will use data from the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service to determine the winner of the NBA championship.
** Signals advantage for each team
| | Ohio | California |
| NBA Team |  |  |
| Number of farms | 74,500 | 76,700** |
| Total acres operated | 14,000,000 | 25,400,000** |
| Beef cow inventory (as of Jan 1, 2017) | 288,000 | 655,000** |
| Milk production ($) | $929,376,000 | $6,070,350,000** |
| Top commodity ($) | Soybeans - $2,545,477,000** | Strawberries - $1,834,783,000 |
| Total value of ag products sold ($) | $10,064,085,000 | $42,627,472,000** |
| Average age of principal operator | 56.8** | 60.1 |
| Number of farms with more than $500,000 in sales | 4,639 | 9,519** |
| Cut Christmas trees and short rotation woody crops ($) | $3,988,000** | $2,706,000 |
Judging by the data, the Golden State Warriors will be the 2017 NBA champions.
Be sure to also check out Farms.com's agricultural breakdown of the Stanley Cup Final.