OAKLAND, Calif. — LeBron James answered flatly. When asked whether the outcome of Game 7 would have any impact on his legacy, he said, “No.”
The sentiment was much the same on the Golden State side of things — Game 7 is, in the end, basketball like every other game. “It’s Game 7, yeah,” forward Draymond Green said with a shrug, “but that usually lasts for the first five, six minutes, and then it’s just a game.”
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It’s the nature of the postseason, that the immediate context is quickly stripped away and replaced by grand notions of history and legacy.