At the risk of beating a dead horse, I am so surprised that so many Cavs fans buy into this viewpoint. First of all, one of our Big Three (Love) also missed a game that series that we ended up losing, so that evens things up. Secondly, and more importantly, Draymond played 6 games that series, and GS went 3-3 in those 6 games...meaning the Cavs were just as likely to win when Draymond played as GS was. Can we please quit selling our own victory short? The only victory that should be sold short is 2015, when Love and Irving missed the entire series and we still won 2 games, lost a 3rd in OT, and the other 3 were all 6-point games or less in the 4th qtr before complete exhaustion set in, as we had a very short bench because our bench was starting due to the injuries!
I'll go a step further and say that last year's Finals looks worse than it really was. The worse series score possible after 5 games is 4-1. But the closest possible is 3-2, which is only a one game difference. And we totally blew Game 3. We shot 12-44 from 3, which is very abnormal from a great 3-point shooting team. Meanwhile, they shot 16-33, which was almost 10% higher than their average. And even with them shooting hot and us ice-cold, we were up with 50 seconds left. If the Cavs win that game, the series is 3-2 with every home team winning, and Game 6 in Cleveland. A series can't get much closer than that! Sure, GS deserved to win last year...it just wasn't nearly as bad as the final series score indicates.