man, the Cavs failed hard to be part of that history, [dang] those celtics
Growing up during the pre-internet era of cable tv, where having more than 30 channels was a lot, and your home sick from school there just wasn't a lot on day time TV that appealed to my adolescent self. But it seemed like the sports channels always had some historical doc on about the Lakers vs. Celtics, Bird vs Magic, '72 Olympics, '85 Bears, '86 Mets, "and there's the steal by Bird...", "Havlicek Stole the Ball!", Magic playing Center, etc., etc. But it always seemed like it was the same few stories over and over again.
Now there's been a few times in my sports viewing life that I thought we were on the verge of one of those next great stories that those next generations are going to grow up hearing about again and again. A 12-0 Warriors vs a 12-0 Cavs in a Finals rubber match would have definitely been one of them.
Putting my feelings for the C's aside, this was setting up to be one of the greatest sports narratives of all time. Now instead this is up there with the greatest could-have-beens, like a 2003 Red Sox/Cubs World Series.