You just knew that this game couldn’t be the beautiful coronation that we all wanted it to be.
Julius Randle got named an All-Star shortly before last night’s game against the Warriors. It was awesome. As a fan, I haven’t felt the level of pride and excitement that that brought me in a while, so I can only imagine what it must have felt like for Julius. And before the game, you could see in his face and hear in his voice just how much it meant to him:
That would just be the first of many heart-warming moments to come out of this game, despite the ultimate losing nature of it all.