Just as is the case with baseball's so-called " World Series" , the NBA finals is not a " world " championship by any stretch of the imagination. Secondly, although the win is a deserving one , if the Cavaliers had Irving and Love playing alongside LeBron most b-ball experts ( I'm not among them, lol ) indicated it would have been a complete blow out in straight four and without a single game being even a close contest. Not that it's an excuse, injuries are part of the game and if the team does not have enough depth on the bench, it's their problem, not the winners problem . One of the games was won entirely by the warriors bench vs the Cleveland's bench ( or lack thereof ) . I was rooting for Cleveland because California residents have practically just about everything else going for them, the poor folks in Cleveland were hanging on this single hope to grab a piece of elusive glory .. I always root for the underdog in every sport and I think Cleveland without those two additional superstars were definitely underdogs .
And no flaming accepted from Cleveland forum members, I lived there for nearly ten years ; enjoyed the time I spent in Ohio in many respects , but let's get serious - very few things to give one motivation to stay there ..other than the knowledge that it's still a better place than Detroit, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia , St. Louis , Buffalo, New Orleans , Tampa and a couple of other cities I may have missed LOL.
As for the real beautiful game , who is watching the women's World Cup ? I've seen a few matches , and think the level of play has improved by leaps and bounds over just a few years ago when watching women play soccer was like watching a sub standard pre-high school boys team play . Sorry, that may come across as a sexist comment , but I don't think I'd get too many dissenting opinions on that ..
