You know, there’s a saying that you should be careful what you wish for.
Once the playoffs began, we started to see a common theme.
Remember when they were supposed to be the big bad boogeyman?
Those were the days
How did that work out?
It’s been a while so perhaps you don’t really remember.
That’s OK, that’s why I’m here
Well that was awkward.
All that without Porzingis for the majority of it too.
Can’t even win a game on your home floor?
I guess that didn’t translate.
Up next we had the Cavs.
Let’s have a look
Damn!
Are all of these fanbases masochists or something?
That has to be the only explanation for all this right?
But hey, nobody wanted to learn that lesson and instead chose the path of pain.
Once we got to the ECF, I figured we had made it past this stuff.
There had been more than enough evidence to suggest that asking for Boston meant asking for trouble.
Would they hold off?
Perhaps there should be more respect on what the Pacers are building.
Enter the NBA Finals.
Atthis pointyou have to be truly insane to publicly challenge this team.
Would Mavs fans be any different?
Nope
Anyone know how this worked out for Mavs fans?
Surely this time it worked right?
Oh, the Mavs got stomped too?
Who could have possibly seen this coming as well!
Oh that’s right, all of us.
To me, this is one of the sweetest parts of this title run.
All the talking heads spending weeks doing whatever they could to discredit what the Celts were doing.
Series after series of picking against them, calling them frauds, chokers etc.
Mavs fans pumping their chest out after winning Game 4 like that even came close to mattering.
How cute that was.
Meanwhile everyone with eyes knew these two teams were in different leagues.
That was supposed to be the big bad West?
And I’m to believe that’s some sort of juggernaut conference?
I don’t think so.
The real, actual juggernaut of this league is the same team it’s been since October.
Poke the bear at your own risk, because once you do there’s no escape.
You aren’t going to like what you find out.
