Ever since Kyrie Irving’s 3-pointer sailed over Stephen Curry’s outstretched arms and through the basket in the waning moments of Game 7 of last year’s NBA Finals, serving as a dagger to finish off one of the greatest comebacks in the history of sport, there has been an inevitability to a finals rematch between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Golden State Warriors.
The 82-game regular season — and the first three rounds of the playoffs, which begin Saturday — were all but declared a formality leading up to Cavs-Warriors III even before the Warriors signed All-Pro Kevin Durant to go with the All-Pros Draymond Green, Klay Thompson and Curry, making their super team, for lack of a better word, superer.