You Better Win

Gonna get my thoughts out now on the 2017 finals.  It's no surprise it's the Cavaliers and Warriors.  The Warriors are an incredible force.  They are an offensive machine.  Defensively they can hold their own as well.

In 2015 the Cavs and Warriors faced off in the finals.  Undoubtedly, the Warriors won while the Cavs were missing Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love.

In 2016 the Cavs made history.  The first team to ever come back from a 3-1 deficit.  Warriors fans argue it is partly due to Draymond Green being suspended for game 5.  Last I checked there were 7 games in a series, not one.   But lets remember, the Warriors were a 73 win team last year.  73 WINS!  They only had 9 losses during the entire season.  They also had 9 losses in the playoffs.  4 coming from the Cavaliers.   They were the best team in the NBA last year according to the regular season record.  They themselves even overcame a 3-1 deficit against the Thunder with Durant and Westbrook.

Enter 2017, as well as Kevin Durant, Zaza Pachulia and David West as well as a few others to the Warriors roster.  The Cavaliers made extremely minor additions.

Here we are, Game one is over.  The Cavs beat themselves.  The turnovers were ridiculous.  The Warriors were offensive machines and took full advantage.  The game play was physical.  Kevin Durant looks like he was made for the Finals.  But remember, this Cavs team was down 3-1 before.  One loss isn't anything to be afraid of.  

This is the same Cavalier team that overcame a 3-1 deficit last year.  This is NOT the same Warriors team.  This is a 73 win Warriors team that ADDED an 8x all star and 2014 MVP to their team.  They built their team to win a championship.  That's what all teams do, right?

Let me repeat that.  A 73 win western conference champion ADDED Kevin Durant to their roster.

They don't want to lose again.  Well, they've pretty much set themselves up to not lose again.  What they also did was make it so that the only people that care if they win a championship will be Warriors fans.  This year, 2017, the Cavs have nothing to lose.  They've proved that their 2016 team has done something no other team has done.  And they did it as a TEAM.   Lebron James didn't play for a 73 win Miami team.  He didn't come back to play for a 73 win Cleveland team.  Please don't compare James and Durant in that regard.

Durant signed with the 73 win team that came from from a 3-1 deficit against his former team.  Good for him.  He was criticized about that decision.

Here's my feelings.  The Warriors have an amazing team.  But even if you win this year....that's because you built the best team.  You signed an MVP to your 73 win team.  You've given yourself no other option but to win a championship.  Which I guess is what you are supposed to do.

NOBODY expects you to lose, so your win is nothing special.  Especially when you have to build that team like that to beat a "weak" eastern conference as you call it.