Between Steph and Bron the 2 best players in the world today it was the winner gets bragging rights for the next year and the loser gets their face on a million of those played out Jordan crying memes. Steph was billed as the perfect guy with the perfect family and the perfect life with the perfect career and after one finals loss it was like immediately people turned on dude. He loses his religion one time and throws a mouthpiece at a fan and now people act like his legacy is tarnished. Steph was the well deserved MVP for a reason and in no way do I think he or the Warriors choked. In every contest there has to be a loser. Except if your Anderson Varejao who gets a ring regardless so technically he is still a winner but anyways sometimes the ball just doesn't bounce your way and in a series between two top teams this one could have gone either way. Golden States record breaking season should not be looked at with an asterisk on it just because they didn't get the chip.
As much as I really did not want to see Bron succeed here because I do not want his legacy to surpass my favorite all time player Kobe's. I can't lie he made me a witness. He and his team made history by leading the series in every major statistical category and by becoming the first team to overcome a 3 to 1 deficit to win a NBA Finals. His emotion after winning the title was moving and I generally felt that it was the right outcome. As cheesy as all those Believeland quotes are they were appropriate here because it was a story book ending of being the ultimate underdogs and overcoming the odds to be victorious. For all of Lebron's shortcomings his homecoming way more then made up for it. He became the hero that kept his promise and gave his city hope and the championship they so long fully coveted.
-Caleb Raves