It’s been a long five days without NBA basketball, and we now have a full two-and-a-half weeks between us and the quadruple doink shot that ended the Sixers’ season. I, for one, am fully ready to dive back into these playoffs as an impartial observer.
For the first time since 2014, the NBA Finals will feature a matchup other than Warriors-Cavaliers. With LeBron choosing to focus on Space Jam 2 by joining a Lakers franchise where the top-two decision-makers were either bummed about missing movie night on Sundays, or fabricating dinners that took place with deceased actors, the Raptors will be filling the role of ‘Eastern Conference team trying to knock down the Golden State juggernaut’.