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Originally Posted by mcaj22
I get that it's been like 8 or 9 teams since 1980 that have won but this 2017 conference finals is just embarrassing for the NBA, the fans and the sport in general. NBA should be ashamed of themselves these are suppose to be the final four teams after an 82 game season and this is the best competition they could come up with, I get that Golden State and the Cavs were going to win no matter what but at least make the games close. There where teams that still made Jordan earn it and took him to 6 or 7 games to get to the finals and same with Lebron over the years. But this Celtics team and Spurs team without Kwahi is just unwatchable dribble.
Last year for example, the Thunder took the Warriors to game 7 and the Raptors at least took 2 off the Cavs in the ECF. Compare that to 2017 and the competitive nature of the league basically went 10 steps backwards.
Sometimes the landscape of this sport just bums me out.
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Sometimes that's just how it plays out. Boston is a 42 win team that played over their heads in the regular season. They likely lose to the Bulls in five or six if not for Rondo's injury, and it took everything they had to squeak by a Wizards team that had a great backcourt and almost nothing else.
San Antonio could have pushed the Warriors, but Kawhi was injured on a dirty/clumsy play by a dirty player.
Similarly, we were robbed of a good 2015 NBA Finals when Irving broke his kneecap and Olynyk decided to be a dirty shitbag and pull Love's shoulder out of his socket.
When the second tier teams are derailed by injuries, it makes the playoffs less fun, but don't overreact to one year.
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