You know what? I typed up a long winded post and then I just erased it. I waxed poetically about what I thought happened and how I am feeling right now and then I realized no one is going to read that shit and I am taking this game way too seriously.
Losing sucks, we all know that. Losing in the postseason just magnifies that feeling of suck. Excuses will be made, what if LBJ didn't offensively struggle? What if the Celtics quit? What if the Cavaliers played with the same heart and hustle they showed up with for the first 2.5 games? It's simple. Cleveland got complacent and Boston played harder. I am not dissecting stats to show that because if you have eyes and they function properly who know how they lost. I am doing a sports media blackout until game 3 because I can already envision the hate spewed forth. It's okay for fans to show emotion and to make irrational statements but I find it unprofessional for people who get paid to do that. It's like eye/ear rape, yeah.
Shit happens. It did put a hamper on my evening and I am still mad as I type this at 3 am but I am sensitive and this is all I got going for me currently.
There is going to be more than enough to dissect even from just this site alone. Plus, what i am about to say is cliche and, truth be told, I am more of a pessimist than anything, but this loss and how they lost could be a blessing in disguise.
Hear me out, sure it would have been nice to have two undefeated teams meet in the finals but its not going to happen and just because this team lost 1 game I am not handing the Warriors anything.
It always sucks to blow a big lead, a big lead at home and in the playoffs to boot but still, there is that silver lining. I think this wakes up the team. I truly feel they were coasting and this might get them in a more focused mindset the rest of the way where as if the Warriors sweep the Spurs the only advantage is more rest and they can go on believing no one can beat them, until someone beats them. Look, this shit wasn't supposed to be easy. Winning is hard, you have to go through adversity to appreciate victory. I am by no means underplaying what the Boston Celtics did but I firmly believe this game is more on the Cavaliers than how their opponent played. If anything, Boston mucked up the game and started to chirp. Do you really think that is wise for them to do so? If this team beat you by 40 points and were coasting, you have no shot when they are focused. I think this game just did in the Celtics and I am sticking to that.
Long post over, I was watching Inside the NBA and they were already giving the Celtics way more praise than needed. Look, its a nice story for them to come in and win with a key guy out and how they came back down 20 but this doesn't change anything. Cleveland is still the better team and this is now over in 5 instead of 4.
This became a long post, fuck me.