Remember earlier this year when we were all worried that the Warriors were ruining basketball? Here was a style of play without equal that was seeping into the playgrounds and making a mockery of the game as we know it.
Yeah, about that ...
The Cavaliers committed to one key defensive strategy in the Finals: We are not letting Klay Thompson and Stephen Curry beat us. Curry had one MVP-caliber game; Thompson had his moments of flamethrowing, too. But for seven games, the Cavs kept Golden State's backcourt in check like no other team this season. They showed that you can take jump-shooters out of a game if you're disciplined in the way you navigate screens, make switches and recover to shooters.
The tendency will likely be to call Curry a choker and to second Charles Barkley's contention that jump-shooting teams can't win titles. Maybe that's true. What's absolutely certain, though, is that LeBron -- one of the greatest players of all-time -- just led his team to one of the greatest championships we'll ever see.
Congratulations, LeBron. Congratulations, Cleveland. You're finally free of the curse.
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