Star Tribune · Jun 8, 2017
Shut it all down and start over. The Warriors are too good
In the final gruesome scene of the fantastic “There Will Be Blood,” Daniel Plainview sits on the ground with a bloodied body next to him and says, simply, “I’m finished.”
After a similarly epic Game 3 of the NBA Finals on Wednesday, I don’t feel exactly the same way, but … well, I have seen enough.
As good as that game was, there is no need to see it again. Golden State has proved its point, one that was fairly obvious from the beginning: when you add one of the best players in the history of the NBA to the team with the best regular-season record in the history of the NBA, there’s a very good chance that team is going to excel.