Well, here we are. After a week of hand-wringing, overanalyzing matchups, checking expert picks like they’re our blood pressure, and consuming more Wolves discourse than any one human should subject themselves to, it’s finally time: Wolves vs. Lakers. Game 1. Playoffs. Prime time. No more hypotheticals. No more podcast speculation. Just three mega stars, two teams, and one very juicy first-round narrative.
And yes, if you’ve been reading Canis Hoopus this week, we’ve broken this series down like it’s the Zapruder film. We know the storylines. We know Luka cooked us last year. We know LeBron is still playing like it’s 2016 every third night.