This is what everyone wanted, right?
It’s a third straight year of seeing a Cleveland-Golden State duel in the NBA Finals — and it’s finally here, the prized cheesecake dessert to an otherwise-bland, chopped-liver-and-Brussels-sprouts basketball postseason entree.
This is what was foreshadowed just after Kyrie Irving hit his go-ahead 3-pointer in the final minute of Game 7 last season. This is what was destined since Kevin Durant decided that if he couldn’t beat the Warriors, it would be best to join them, in search of his first championship.
Expectations are high for this third installment — maybe even as high as Ali-Frazier III or “Return of the Jedi” — especially after the Cavs stormed through the Eastern Conference, and the Warriors became the first team to win all 12 games in the West to cruise to the Finals.