We have a tied NBA Finals, set to be settled by a best-of-three series over the next six days. And though Golden State had no problems in defeating LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers on Thursday night to tie the series, seemingly swinging the pendulum back in their favor once more, the mere fact that the series is tied 2-2 after four games is advantage Cleveland.
The Cavs weren’t supposed to be in this, not without Kevin Love and Kyrie Irving.
Maybe they could take it 6, based on LeBron’s willpower alone, but that’d be after getting down 3-1, stealing a win to make it 3-2, then getting closed out in a deceptively easy 4-2 series for Golden State.