Dear 2016 NBA Eastern Conference Playoffs,
So long. Farewell. Auf Wiedersehen. Goodbye. It's been real—real unnecessary.
With a 113-87 victory over the Toronto Raptors in Game 6 of your conference finals, the Cleveland Cavaliers are headed to the NBA Finals. Again. And LeBron James' streak of consecutive Finals appearances, which now sits at six, is alive. Still.
That means you, kind Eastern Conference Playoffs, are done.
Finally.
Forgive this candor; it's nothing personal. We've had some good times. Not great, not particularly momentous, but good.
Remember when for, like, an entire six seconds there was a feasible scenario in which the Charlotte Hornets would reach your conference finals? Or when you ruthlessly decided the Boston Celtics were too damn fun and rained down insurmountable injuries upon them during the first round?
How about all those times Dwyane Wade turned back the clock, injecting wayward hope into the Miami Heat's postseason push? Or how about when the Detroit Pistons' resident teenager, Stanley Johnson, thought he was in ...
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So Long, Eastern Conference Playoffs: LeBron James Put You Out of Your Misery
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