This year’s NBA Playoffs have left us with many unforgettable moments: buzzer beaters, comebacks, collapses, constant flagrant fouls (That would be you, Dwight Howard), grueling game sevens, and James Harden at his best, and at his worst. In the midst of this, post-ups have made a revival (in the form of playmaking), the final four has consisted of four of the league’s most three-point happy teams, Thabo Sefolosha was sidelined over under-discussed reasons, and the end of the Thibodeau era in Chicago. Now we are left with two: A team led by a king who is at his zenith, and the Golden Boys out of the Bay Area. The Cavaliers have ridden on the back of Lebron James to carry them to this point through his magic in isolation play, while the Warriors continue to grind out by their tenacious defense and three-point happy identity.

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