The 2017 NBA Finals on ABC - the Golden State Warriors lead the Cleveland Cavaliers 3-0 - is the most-watched NBA Finals since 1998 through three games, according to Nielsen. They've won 15 straight playoff games, and can become the first team in National Basketball Association history to navigate the playoffs without a loss.
The Cavaliers, meanwhile, were swept out of the Finals 10 years ago this month.
It was LeBron James' first Finals, and his team was sawed in half by the San Antonio Spurs, who were in the midst of a streak of three titles in six seasons. If I become an owner, I'm going to try to sign everybody. It's sports. You have an opportunity to sign one of the players, and you can do it, go ahead and do it. "And they're playing like one of the best teams once again". Last summer, when the salary cap jumped from $70 million in 2015-16 to $94 million in 2016-17, the Warriors could suddenly add Durant to a team that had won an NBA-record 73 games. No NBA team has ever recovered from a 3-0 hole in the playoffs.
"I think the whole thing was how fun it would be, because of the style of play, because of the individual talents", Kerr said.
"In the end you just want to win", Kerr said. "The other stuff doesn't really matter". He never got back to the Finals with the Thunder, and when he was finally ready to consider looking elsewhere, the Warriors offered him exactly what he wanted to hear when they sat down in the Hamptons and talked about where the former scoring champion fit in a lineup with Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson and Draymond Green.
The Warriors have been led in the Finals by Kevin Durant, the ground-shaking free-agent acquisition from last season who was the 2014 MVP and has perhaps reshaped the Golden State-Cleveland rivalry forever.
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James called his situation in Miami "totally different" because the Heat had to create the cap space and clear their roster to sign him and Bosh.
Toying with other teams, Golden State has turned the National Basketball Association postseason into its personal playground, storming to a record 15 straight wins and moving within a victory on Friday night in Game 4 of another title and into the conversation of the best teams ever. After losing the first two games of the series, the Cavaliers came out and crushed the Warriors by 30 here - a startling result that gave the Cavaliers new life.
"I don't think that our careers are the same as far as changing teams", James said.
"We witnessed a closing game by Kevin Durant that you can't prepare for", he said.
"I mean, listen: It happens", James said.
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