I believe I was one of perhaps like four people who did not initially predict that Miami would be meeting Oklahoma City for the NBA Championship this season (see here ... or here, for example), and I attribute that reluctance to the doubts I had about the Thunder. Talented as all hell, sure, but still need another year or two of coming up short before they get to the Finals. Or so I thought.
Most of us who are not still blinded by the rage caused by the debacle known as "The Decision" can admit that LeBron James has arguably been the best player in the league for a number of seasons now, but these playoffs have allowed another player to possibly take over that title along with the Larry O'Brien Trophy: Kevin Durant.
While I typically say how the NHL playoffs are more entertaining than the NBA playoffs right around this time of year (or so it seems), this year has indeed provided some quite stellar basketball the past few weeks. It is now only appropriate that it come down to the Heat and the Thunder.
Just to be clear, Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Finals pulled in the highest rating ever for an NBA game on cable, and now with this level of starpower for all the marbles, we're talking about possibly the highest ratings of this century.
Dance fad of the 1970s / TUE 3-18-25 / A wish might be made on a loose one
/ 1976 #1 novelty song by Rick Dees and His Cast of Idiots / Bourbon brand
whose name originated from a hunting expedition / Tusked Ice Age mammal /
Cardamom-spiced brew / Likek someone with an "O.O.O." auto-reply set up,
perhaps / Darth Vader's boyhood nickname / Like a person who might prefer
platonic relationship, informally
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Constructor: Larry Snyder and Jonathan Kaufman
Relative difficulty: Extremely Easy, even for a Tuesday
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