We’re all better off with Warriors-Cavaliers rematch in NBA Finals
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By DERON SNYDER
Thank goodness Golden State rallied from a 3-1 deficit in the Western Conference finals against Oklahoma City.
Nothing against the Thunder and their A-list stars, Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook. But a rematch of last year’s NBA Finals was the desire here. The Thunder would’ve spoiled the party and ruined an historic run by the 73-win Warriors.
Worst of all, we’d be deprived of the unbridled joy and fascination in watching the Splash Brothers do their remarkable thing.
Steph Curry is the unanimous MVP and scored a game-high 36 points Monday in Game 7, but the Warriors’ season would’ve ended two days earlier if not for Klay Thompson. As a giddy OKC crowd envisioned confetti falling later that night, Thompson put the Warriors on his back and went off for 41 points, including a playoff-record 11 3-pointers.
The Thunder scored 18 points in the fourth quarter; Thompson had 19 by himself. His outburst clearly inspired a struggling Curry, who used the lift to score 22 of his 31 points in the second half.
That’s what brothers are for, picking up one another and protecting each other’s back. With Curry and Thompson swishing 3-pointers all over the court, the Warriors have the most formidable tandem of backcourt marksmen in memory. Or maybe period.
“Klay and Steph are probably the two greatest shooters that we’ve probably ever seen,” Cleveland’s LeBron James told reporters Tuesday. “Obviously in today’s game they are. Some of the shots, there’s nothing that you can do about it. Better offense beats great defense any day.
“It’s hard to contain them,” he said. “We all know that, the whole league knows that, our team knows that. But we have a game plan and we have to follow it and be true to it.”
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