Blought #29: What the 2016 Playoffs Mean to Certain Legacies

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The Warriors have broken the Bull’s 72-10 record by going 73-9, Kobe Bryant, one of the games all-time greats has finally called it quits and the Playoffs are finally here. Last year’s playoffs seemed to be lacking its usual excitement. The East fielded a sub par list of playoff contenders, half of which missed this year’s playoffs.

The 2014 NBA Playoffs also saw a plethora of Superstars (Kobe, Kevin Durant, Mike Conley, Chris Paul, Chris Bosh and Kyrie Irving among a few others) who either missed the entire season or significant time during the regular season and\or playoffs. In 2014 the playoffs lasted 89 games and saw 109 man games missed. The 2015 playoffs lasted 78 games with a total of 182 man games missed.

LeBron and the Cavs (or what was left of them after Kevin Love and Kyrie went down with season ending injuries in the playoffs) fought valiantly against the budding legend of the Splash Bros., Draymond Green and the Golden State Warriors. After a somewhat epic Finals that lasted six games, Golden State captured their second title in the Bay (the franchise also won two titles as the Philadelphia Warriors in 1947 and 1956).