40 Years And NBA Semi-Final Notes

Forty years ago the “exact” opposite results manifested in both NBA semi-finals involving this year’s finalists.

The Cleveland Cavaliers were underdogs vs the eventual world champion Boston Celtics. The Celtics won the “semi” in six games.

This year as top heavy favorites, the Cavs dispatched the Toronto Raptors in six games. in fact, the Cavs of 2016 and the Celtics of 1976 won games 1, 2, 5 and 6.

In the Western Conference forty years apart, defending champion Golden State Warriors’ teams, first lost and this year won 7 game semi-final series ending on their home floor.

The Phoenix Suns shocked the Warriors in 1976, but this year again as defending champions, they prevailed, despite a three games to one series deficit against the Oklahoma City Thunder.

Apparently Bibles are not as readily accessible as other reading material but surely/hopefully “you” know the picture above also evokes thoughts of a 40 year time span.