Sexy once upon a time, filled with chunks of drama that metastasized into two years of rage and conflict, the rivalry between the Warriors at the Cavaliers ends its 30th month Monday in need of resuscitation.
The surest way, perhaps the only way, to revive it is if the Cavaliers somehow beat the odds Monday and take down the Warriors in Cleveland.
And even if that happens, can the friction really be as robust as it was at this time last season, when the teams were on a collision course to meet in the NBA Finals for the third consecutive season?