[Senator Clay Davis]

Celtics having a strong hate contingent ensures there is no way this will be the lowest rated Finals. And sure their road has been easy, but they also deserve credit for not ####ing around all that much. Undefeated on the road, perfect in close out games. And of course had they played any of their opponents without injuries, and they had the Porzingis one, we'd probably be talking about that if they were out. The increase in injuries I think comes down to the game becoming so soft in the regular season that when the inevitable intensity increase comes at playoff times, players just can't handle it as easily as they used to.

The thing about the NBA now is the extreme amounts of three point shooting have simply compressed all the teams now. Most nights comes down to who shoots threes better. It's part of why the product keeps getting worse (along with flopping, foul baiting etc...), even as it has made the league more competitive. It's also why the superteam era is over, far better to have maybe two stars and great role players who can shoot threes. Although with the massive cap spike that is coming it'll be hilarious to start seeing slightly above average 3 and D players getting $50 million per.