I’m a Lakers fan, myself. That ‘08 series was brutal on me, and I’ll say that in the moment I hated the Celtics/KG. But man, looking back, I do appreciate KG finally getting a ring, and after winning the epic 2010 Finals series against them, I can’t hold ‘08 against the Celtics anymore — they were clearly the better…

Yeah. Such a well-deserved moment of vindication for Dirk, erasing all the “soft” and “can’t win” labels he’d been unfairly slapped with after the ‘06 Finals and the subsequent first-round exit in ‘07. Carlisle coached one hell of a series, too, and really stuck it to the Heat.

SF Giants completing the sweep in 2012 over the Tigers. Sure, they’d won in 2010 and ended their drought, but 2012 was just a true underdog story. On one side you had an offensive juggernaut that demolished the AL with a triple-crown winner in Cabrera and Verlander coming off one of the most dominant runs as a…

No, because up until this year, the team with the most wins in NBA history (the Bulls) had won a title.

I agree that it’s not fair to Blatt to claim that Lue’s “use of more than 7 players” is why they won. However, Lue clearly helped his team in this series. He drew up some excellent plays out of timeouts, he was pretty good with substitutions/having a quick hook to yank players/lineups that weren’t working (Love for…

It could be worse — Redford’s a Kings fan, is he not?

It’s exactly like Steven Adams in the Thunder series. The Dubs were able to turn that around by going back to Bogut for stretches of the last three games..... a luxury they no longer have. I have a feeling that + Iggy’s apparently limiting injury might spell doom for them if Thompson/LeBron keep playing out of their…

Yep. It’s a damn shame, though, because quite frankly there isn’t a single compelling case on the Warriors.

Yep, but LeBron’s somehow topped his effort even from the last Finals. He’s leading BOTH TEAMS in every statistical category, and doing so in a more efficient manner than last year.

The other key things to watch:

To be fair to Kerr — yes, he complained about the officiating after the game, but he was very clear to state that the refs were NOT the reason why CLE won.

Gotta say, I agree with you. I’m a fan of neither team, but what LeBron’s been able to do the last two years against GSW in the Finals is incredible. The man deserves the Finals MVP, regardless of the outcome. He currently leads BOTH TEAMS in every statistical category in the Finals, for fuck’s sake.

Yep, so is shooting 40% FG / 69% FT and allowing the Cavs to shoot 51%. Oh, and the fact that Barnes has vanished while Iggy’s limited by injury.

Aside from the fact that you make excellent arguments, I cannot star your comment enough for stating that “Kemp is Blake Griffin with a drinking problem.”

Parker/Ginobili have cases for the HoF as well, definitely Westbrook/Durant.

Right? As if the fact that current players aren’t in the HoF yet means that the league was stronger back in the day.

Worth noting: 25 fouls were called for each side. Sure, they manifested themselves on different players, but it’s not like it was overtly one-sided.

The issue isn’t that she has opinions. The complaints are based upon the fact that her biased opinions during this series are blatantly wrong.

I fail to understand how this was not an option:

Nope. The stakes were WAY higher with the Wondo miss. :(