Golden State Is Using The 2015 NBA Finals To Manhandle Cleveland

LeBron James tried as hard as he could to get his hometown Cleveland Cavaliers on track in Game 1 of the 2015 NBA Finals but his one-man show was not enough — again.

James has struggled in NBA Finals of the past — most noticeably against the San Antonio Spurs — and his 2-3 overall series history on basketball’s biggest stage says much more than just another statistic.

It’s like a virus that just won’t go away.

While James is busy fighting his own championship demons, his partner in crime, Kyrie Irving, is battling injuries.

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Irving left the game late in the fourth quarter after appearing to re-injure or aggravate something in his leg.

But as for Steph Curry, victory came at the conclusion of another epic chapter in his young career.

Playing contrary to his early, often, and obvious struggles from the floor, Curry didn’t hesitate to take charge late in the final quarter as well as during overtime where the Warriors outscored the Cavs a surprising 10-2.

Cleveland just couldn’t find the bucket.

Literally, I don’t think they could even buy one, despite James doing all of the work for his team.

This has to be one of the better openings to an NBA Finals that I can remember, being that it went to overtime and could’ve ended in regulation if it hadn’t been for misses from Cleveland’s Iman Shumpert and Golden State’s Steph Curry but it just wasn’t meant to end that way.

And if the games that follow in this series are anything like Game 1, this will no doubt live up to all of the hype and turn out to be a series for the ages — perhaps even one of the best this side of the century.

More than just LeBron James’ attempt at breaking even in six NBA Finals appearances is the heart of lions that Oracle Arena echoes with as fans and the city are looking to win a title for the first time in forty years.

Who would’ve ever thought a championship series would come down to two teams that haven’t won a title in — at the earliest — four decades.

That’s just insane.

Now, I’m no mathematician or magician (would be pretty sweet to be either one — I’d feel pretty special), but that’s more than twice as long as I’ve been alive.

That’s really scary to think about.

With that in mind, you could even throw in a lot of the stereotypes that are thrown at the cities of Oakland and Cleveland and you start to wonder if, to people that don’t follow basketball closely at least, this feels like some twisted version of a Raiders-Falcons Super Bowl.

Okay, maybe not that far fetched, but the cities aren’t known for winning.

Lastly I feel like we are really seeing the ushering in of a new era in the NBA.

Curry has found a way to light up the three-point line on a consistent basis and it couldn’t be clearer that the Cavs are going to have a hard time guarding him if he catches fire.

Bottom Line: It’s go-time for Golden State

In Game 2, as you might imagine, I’m taking Golden State.

Winning Game 1 means just that much moving forward — sorry LeBron.