Both the NBA Finals and the Stanley Cup Final began in early June (the 6th for the NBA, the 8th for the NHL), and both seemed set up to be wildly anticlimactic. That's because both series saw a team jump out to a 3-0 series lead -- effectively a death...
Both the NBA Finals and the Stanley Cup Final began in early June (the 6th for the NBA, the 8th for the NHL), and both seemed set up to be wildly anticlimactic. That’s because both series saw a team jump out to a 3-0 series lead — effectively a death…