The Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers kick off the 2017 NBA Finals Thursday evening, with Game 1 tipping off at 6 p.m. PT on ABC. Feel free to use this as an open thread for the game.
There’s an interesting 49ers-Warriors connection heading into the game. Way back in the day, NaVorro Bowman and Kevin Durant attended middle school together in Maryland at Drew Freeman Middle School. They were on the basketball team, and Bowman apparently was a pretty solid player. Earlier this week, he told AP reporter Janie McCauley that when they were playing together, he had to encourage Durant to shoot more.