The Golden State Warriors closed out the Western Conference Finals Monday night in San Antonio with a 129-115 win, completing a third straight playoff series sweep to earn a back-to-back-to-back trip to the NBA Finals.
That their return to the Finals was widely expected doesn't make it any less impressive. No matter how loaded a roster, the rigors of an NBA postseason are real: this is the first time since the NBA moved to the current playoff format in 2003 that a team has entered the Finals with a 12-0 playoff record.
It's hard to remember a team in the modern era reached the NBA Finals to less fanfare.