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After Game 3, when Kevin Durant threw a dagger past LeBron James’s ear, through the bullseye and directly into the heart of Cleveland, I received a text from a friend of mine in response to the Warriors, then, 3-0 lead. The text read, “I’m actually really depressed about this.”
Certainly, diehard Cavs fans can echo this solemn sentiment, but my friend is not that. This friend is merely a Wolves-head and therefore should have been prepared as a sucker for basketball-related pain. But the “depressed” emotion he was describing felt existential and probably more meaningful than the sadness of a fourth quarter Wolves collapse.