I watched this game with a friend who doesn’t follow the NBA and was heretofore lucky enough to be completely unaware of anything related to the New York Knicks basketball franchise. I filled him in on the most germane details of what was about to happen before tip-off:
-The Knicks will lose this game by 15 points. No more, no less.
-Someone will get injured or ejected; probably our best player.
-LeBron James is the best player on the planet.
-Anytime it looks like it might actually be a game, it is because the Cavaliers are momentarily intoxicated by euphoric and contented thoughts regarding their pleasant, winning lives.