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Poole's 2017 NBA Finals prediction: Only two games in Cleveland

OAKLAND -- The series for which we have yearned has arrived, and about as quickly as possible. The speed with which the Warriors and Cavaliers spent the playoffs racing toward each other speaks to the inevitability of their collision.

Now that it’s here, the sheer volume of storylines and backstories and fabricated stories will threaten to overrun us all, from LeBron vs. KD to Steph vs. Kyrie to The Land vs. The Town to the full-circle trek of Mike Brown.

And, of course, there is the historical significance of this being the very first time the NBA Finals featured an uninterrupted trilogy.