THE CORE THEME of this NBA Finals matchup might've been summed up in two powerful yet simple quotes this week.
The first came from Indiana Pacers center Myles Turner, whose love of Lego is famous within the NBA, to the point where opponents occasionally will use it as an insult. But Turner sees their construction, brick by brick, as art and himself as kind of an artist.
There are books and dissertations about the philosophy of Lego, just as there are many about basketball. Turner is a disciple of both and a thinker -- had he not left the University of Texas after his freshman year for the 2015 NBA draft, he had planned to pursue psychology.