NBA Finals 2017: Updated Schedule and Predictions for Warriors vs. Cavaliers

It's all over, right? The Golden State Warriors outlasted the Cleveland Cavaliers 118-113 on Wednesday night to take a 3-0 series lead in the NBA Finals.

No team has ever come back from a 0-3 deficit in the Finals. The only question left is whether or not the Warriors will sweep the series and become the first team to go undefeated in NBA postseason history.

Well, maybe. Maybe not.

The reality is that the odds are squarely stacked against the Cavaliers now. To come back from a 0-3 deficit would be unprecedented. Yet, there is still some drama left in this series. Let's not forget that no team had ever overcome a 1-3 deficit in the Finals before the Cavaliers did it last year.

As much as we love to talk about "must-win" games, they only really come up late in a series. Down 1-3, the Cavaliers had three must-win games to close out last year's NBA Finals. They now face four must-win games in a row. Is it unlikely that they'll win them all? Sure. However, the challenge at hand isn't really that much more daunting than the one the team faced a year ago.

All Cleveland has to do is avoid a sweep and then essentially sweep the Warriors to close the series. Let's all put on our sarcasm hats and call it an easy task.

Let's also take a look at the remaining Finals schedule, along with the latest odds—courtesy of OddsShark.com—and the latest Finals-related buzz.

2017 NBA Finals- Remaining Schedule

Game 4: Golden State at Cleveland—Friday, June 9 @ 9 p.m.

Game 5: Cleveland at Golden State—Monday, June 12 @ 9 p.m.

Game 6: Golden State at Cleveland—Thursday, June 15 @ 9 p.m.

Game 7: Cleveland at Golden State—Sunday, June 18 @ 8 p.m.

*All games televised on ABC and available for streaming at WatchESPN.

Odds for Game 4

Golden State: 2-5

Cleveland: 21-10

Prediction: Cavaliers win 112-105

Series Prediction: Warriors win in five games

We're used to throwing around superlatives when it comes to greatness in professional sports. We'll talk about a player being the "best in the world" or a team being an "all-time great."

We don't need superlatives to describe this year's version of the Warriors, though. If you don't consider them one of the best NBA teams of all time, that's fine. They're on the precipice of winning their second title in three years and possibly becoming the first team to ever navigate the postseason unscathed. They probably don't care what you think.

The reality is that this really might be the greatest collection of NBA talent we've seen assembled on one team in this generation. No superlatives involved.

Let's not forget that the Warriors were a team that set a new NBA regular-season record with 73 wins last year. That team wasn't quite good enough to best the "best player on the planet" in Lebron James—and his supporting cast, of course. So what did the Warriors do? They added perhaps the second-best player on the planet in Kevin Durant.

Durant joining Golden State was a league-shifting move, even more impactful than when James left Cleveland.

We can go back and blame James all we want for creating the superteam dynamic in the NBA. However, the team he formed in Miami with Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh was nothing compared to this incarnation of Golden State.

If the LeBron-led Heat were the Spider-Friends, the 2016-17 Warriors are the Avengers—a star-studded collective of talent that won't falter, even when one or two members isn't up to the challenge of playing the hero's role.

Durant has certainly been a hero in this series—he already has 102 points to show for his efforts. Yet, he hasn't had to be the lone producer like James has had to be in the past.

It hasn't mattered much if other Golden State stars like Stephen Curry or Klay Thompson have had to endure cold streaks. It hasn't even mattered that Draymond Green has played the Hawkeye role of forgotten star—he has 29 points and 25 rebounds through three games—there's has simply been too much collective firepower on Golden State's roster.

"I said it after we won the Eastern Conference finals that we're getting ready for a juggernaut," James said, per Dave McMenamin of ESPN.com. "It's probably the most, most firepower I've played in my career. I played against some great teams, but I don't think no team has had this type of firepower."

James has unquestionably played against some great teams in the Finals. This is why his 3-4 record in the title series can't accurately reflect his postseason greatness. Yet, the teams he has faced in the past—the Dirk Nowitzki-led Dallas Mavericks, the prime San Antonio Spurs, even the previous versions of the Warriors—pale in comparison to his current foe.

It's undoubtedly the addition of Durant that has made the difference. The former-foe-turned-teammate has given Golden State a weapon that rises to the occasion even more than Curry, Thompson or Green.

"He took over," Warriors coach Steve Kerr said of Durant, per Chris Haynes of ESPN.com. "You can tell, he knows this is his moment. He's been an amazing player in this league for a long time, and I think he senses this is his time, his moment, his team."

Let's not forget that it was a beat-up Cavaliers team that the Warriors beat in six games in the 2015 Finals. Kevin Love was lost in the opening round of the playoffs. Kyrie Irving was lost in the first game against Golden State. Seriously, had Cleveland won that series, the hero would have been an overachieving Matthew Dellavedova.

Nothing against Delly, but had he been the driving force that helped topple the Warriors two years ago, we probably wouldn't have even mentioned last year's Golden State team among the best ever.

The 2016 Warriors were one of the best teams ever, at least as far as the record showed. Yet, they weren't good enough to finish off James and a healthy complement of supporting pieces.

So Durant, a player once locked in Western Conference rivalry with the Warriors, joined Golden State. They've formed a seemingly unstoppable force that has put team fans into a frenzy and NBA fans into a postseason coma.

Up until Wednesday night, there had been no drama at all during Golden State's postseason run. That short-lived drama started to die once Cleveland decided to get too cute with its late lead and force three-point shots. It completely died once Durant came back to hit a go-ahead three-pointer of his own.

"I just wanted to take the shot," Durant said, per Bill Bender of Sporting News. "It was a good time. There was 45 seconds to go. We were down two. If I miss, we could have got another stop."

Durant didn't miss, and now the Warriors are a victory away form another title.

If there are a player and a team that can bounce back and force a real series against these Warriors, though, it's James and his Cavaliers. A series is never over until it's over. For as great as he is, though, James is truly taking on the role of underdog.