I'm glad that GS won!
I was kind of rooting for LeBron and Cleveland. I know people hate him, but the fact that they even won 2 games with the guys left on that team is strictly because of him. Put any other player in the NBA on that team and they don't win any games. I mean when you're relying on JR Smith to win games, you're in trouble...
Injuries are always going to be a part of the game, but in that way GS got lucky.
Luck and other teams' injuries play a part in pretty much every NBA champion's success. So do the structures of the playoff brackets and upsets elsewhere (avoiding the Spurs and the Clippers). That's the game.
A Finals where Irving and Love were healthy would have been quite different, but I expect the result would have been the same. The Cavs stayed pretty close thanks to their defensive efforts, neither Irving or Love would have been able to sustain that. Trying to match the Warriors in a high-scoring shootout doesn't sound like a recipe for success.
LOL, this was my response to a buddy who was talking about parades.More like how we Boston people feel. We have parades all the time . We are championship city!
If talking 2000s they had more than NY for sure but overall NY has so much that they have 20 something baseball rings alone. Insane if you ask me.LOL, this was my response to a buddy who was talking about parades.
I'm so over championship parades. Boston is, beyond, spoiled in that respect.![]()
If talking 2000s they had more than NY for sure but overall NY has so much that they have 20 something baseball rings alone. Insane if you ask me.
But in 2000-2009 MA saw 3x Pats, 2x Red Sox, plus Celtics all win big.
That state had the lion's share of what the east coast got that decade and the 2013 Red Sox and 2014 Pats tied others on shortly after Bruins.And the Bruins won the Stanley Cup a couple of years later.
When it comes to championships, a Chicagoan in their 40s had arguably one of the best runs. Boston is the only other in this category.
1985 Bears
1990s Bulls (6 championships)
2005 White Sox
2010- Present Blackhawks (3 Championships)