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          ESPN Forecast: Predicting who wins Warriors-Cavs Game 2, NBA title

          Golden State's stifling defense and solid bench play kept Cleveland at bay in Game 1. AP Photo/Ben Margot
          • ESPN.com
          Jun 5, 2016, 06:00 PM

          Heading into Game 2 of the Finals, will the Golden State Warriors or the Cleveland Cavaliers win the NBA title? And in how many games?

          Here are the predictions from our ESPN Forecast panel of experts, ESPN's Basketball Power Index (BPI), FiveThirtyEight, PredictWise and a panel of fans.

          Predicting Game 2

          Predicting the series

          Predicting the number of games

          ESPN Forecast and the fan panel predictions were conducted in coordination with Microsoft Research.