Lol, this Boston-Washington game is so Eastern Conference. A Celtic just bricked a free throw to win at the end of OT after a turnover that should have won the game for Washington...
It's kinda exciting that Cleveland-Golden State doesn't feel inevitable this year. Both conferences feel like they could be taken.
True or false: LeBron's legacy will take a bigger hit if he were to drag to awful Cavs team to the finals and lose to Golden State again than if they were to get bounced by, say, Philly in the playoffs.
I agree that it shouldn't be worse for his legacy to lose in the finals than before the finals, but it will just give all the know-nothing skip Bayless types more ammo to say "look at his awful finals record hurr durr" instead of appreciating the amazing feat that would be his 9th finals appearance.
20 years from now it will still be about performance in the finals, so another L in that column would hurt more. That doesn't mean I agree with the logic. Ultimately at this point in his career it doesn't matter what happens in the season unless it's a ring. Oh, you lost in the finals again? Eh. You're what you are. Oh, an upset in the early rounds? Eh, you are what you are. I'd care if LBJ's team lost to an eighth or seventh seed that was without half it's bench and two top players, or something insane like that.
Are the Blazers out yet?
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