Celtics star Isaiah Thomas unsure if he’ll need hip surgery

But Cleveland came back from a 3-1 series deficit to win their first-ever National Basketball Association championship. Stephen Curry is averaging 28.6 points and 5.6 assists while Kevin Durant is averaging 25.2 points and 7.8 rebounds.

Warriors forward Kevin Durant goes up for a dunk against Cavaliers forward Kevin Love. The Golden State Warriors are allowing 32 percent shooting from deep and are grabbing 45.8 rebounds per game. It’s no wonder then that the wise guys have installed the Warriors as heavy favorites to beat the Cavs for the second time in three years and wrestle back the Larry O’Brien Trophy that slipped through their hands last June.

While the Cavs routinely discussing the Warriors during the 2015-16 season after losing to them in the 2015 Finals, the Warriors were not a common topic around the team over the past several months. The first two games will be played in California before heading back to OH for Game 3 on June 7. “So now, with the way the Finals went down a year ago, if I were in his shoes, I would want the same thing”.

LeBron James has bested his idol and frequent target of comparison, Michael Jordan, once more by breaking his all-time NBA Playoffs scoring record. Jordan was in his rearview mirror and still James deflected the attention like a kick-out to an open shooter in the corner. After torching the Celtics for 35, James now sits at 5,995 postseason career points.

“I’ve been very blessed the last few years to be a part of this league and play on the big stage”, James said. It has nothing to do with passing the rings, passing the points, passing MVPs. “(Chasing his ghost) is just my personal goal to keep me motivated”, James said. But they displayed their superiority over the final two games to wrap up the series.

Isaiah Thomas emerged as a superior scoring threat, Al Horford provided leadership and versatility, and the team won 53 games to earn the No. 1 seed in the Eastern Conference.

Avery Bradley led Boston with 23 points.

“We’re definitely disappointed. I feel like if we weren’t, there would be a problem”, he said.

With 2:44 left, the remaining Boston fans began a “Let’s Go Celtics” chant that kept going until the final horn, cheering every basket as if the game was close.

Like I said, I did pretty much everything that MJ did when I was a kid.

“Throughout the series, I didn’t get the opportunity to have that moment (with Thomas)”, James said Thursday night. We knew that would happen at some point.

Interestingly, this is sixth time in eight Finals appearances that a LeBron James led team has entered as an underdog.

James scored 15 and Irving 13 in the quarter, with James hitting three bombs in the final 2:41. Cleveland won by one point on Christmas Day and Golden State prevailed by 35 points on January 16. They finished 19 of 41 Thursday.

So why is the National Basketball Association so top-heavy that it can’t deliver playoffs with any real drama? Everyone wants to say, “Ah, man, this is boring” and this that and the other, but you usually don’t appreciate something until you don’t have it anymore.