The entire season has been building towards this moment. The myriad moves of the busy offseason were the careful plans to build the architecture of championship teams. The gripping games all year long served as a teaser for what would come when the regular season ended, and the real games began.
The playoffs. What the organizations, the coaches, the players, and the fans spend all year working towards and waiting for. And, just a few days into them, a ice cold splash of water was thrown in everyone’s face, serving a reminder of what this all is: a game.