Brooms

Thank goodness Cleveland didn’t pull out any wins. What an awful series of basketball. My favorite moment from Game 4 was when backup point guard Eric Snow was trying to motivate his team during a timeout, yelling hollow clichés at them about adversity and rising up, while no one was listening to him. Snow is basically a washed up player, useful only because he has been fortunate enough to be on teams that made it to the Finals before. While he yelled, Lebron sat there, furiously biting his nails, probably thinking about his newborn’s initials (his name is Bryce Maximus), and other players seemed to be watching the on-court entertainment. The series was over before it began, and only Snow seemed to think otherwise.

It’s great to see Finley get a title, and it’s great to see the Spurs be rewarded for their dominating defense. But, as a fan of the game, the league needs to figure out how to get a decent match-up for the Finals. The two most difficult series for the Spurs were the first two teams they faced: Denver and Phoenix. Barring injury, the 4th title seemed inevitable, which is why I am relieved it is over.