Ok, yeah, a spoof. Sort of.
And also part nostalgia.
Because who in his right mind (a big assumption, that) would write a “pre-game” about the most meaningless game of the season?
I’ll explain.
Because, first of all, it’s not meaningless. It’s the last pre-season game before the first round of the playoffs.
The first round begins Sunday on national television against Memphis. It runs through next week—and its format is that the W’s must win 2 of 3 to advance to the second round. (In the second round, 8 plays 1 and 7 plays 2.