So this is how a classic rivalry is renewed, folks.
With a team down three games to one in a series carrying itself with the brashness of a team up 3-1 and the inevitable just ahead.
With the home team’s refusal to release the usual post-victory confetti from the rafters, as if there will be another opportunity to let it float and fall later in the series.
With a brief confrontation between opposing players carrying the ominous edge of something that was a swing away from turning to chaos.
With familiarity turning opponents once admired into enemies despised.