NBA Finals a Good Show So Far

Like a few of my readers, I have been casually following the National Basketball Association playoff finals between Cleveland and Golden State...which I predicted would take place (against my own preferences) a few weeks ago on this blog.  The series has gone through two games, both home games for Golden State (at Oakland, California) with both going into overtime...each team winning once.  I had pegged Cleveland, with the trio of stars Lebron James, Kyrie Irving, and Kevin Love, to overcome the high-flying offense of the Warriors, led by their MVP guard Stephen Curry.  But the Cavaliers have suffered some serious misfortune of late, with both Irving and Love out with injuries for the rest of the playoffs.  So now it's all up to Lebron and his entourage...incredibly, Cleveland handled Golden State Sunday by a combination of a career performance by James and Cleveland's tenacious defense of Curry, limiting his ability to get off any good shots.  And by winning a game in Oakland, a very difficult task for visiting teams, the Cavs are unexpectedly in a good position to build a good lead in these finals with their upcoming home games.  But I suspect that Curry and the Warriors are going to adjust to Cleveland's strategy and Lebron James, even with a good performance, will not be able to carry his team on his shoulders to two consecutive home wins.  The main thing for me, as a basketball fan who doesn't have any particular preference in this series, is that the games continue to be close and that the series will go all the way to the seventh and deciding game...