The 2017 NBA Finals start tomorrow. After a more than week-long hiatus, fans will finally get to see the hopefully thrilling third part to the Cavaliers-Warriors trilogy.
With that in mind, I wanted to revisit a time long, long ago. Back when the league had only 22 teams, Magic Johnson and Larry Bird were still in college, and the Supersonics were not only in the existence, they lost to the Washington Bullets in the Finals.
The team had local legends Wes Unseld, Elvin Hayes, Bob Dandridge, a rookie Greg Ballard, a young Mitch Kupchak, and Phil Chenier.