BOSTON - I know, it's just a game.
And I know, the Cavaliers are trying to go to their fourth consecutive NBA Finals. It's almost a given ever since LeBron James returned in the summer of 2014.
But I remember all the bad old days with Cavaliers, sitting under the basket for $2.50 at the old, long-gone Cleveland Arena in 1970. That expansion team opened the season by losing 27 of its first 28 games.
And I remember when winning a round of the playoffs in 1975 was considered "The Miracle of Richfield." That was when it seemed the Cavs would never make the playoffs.