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This is the best of the Ben Mallor show on Fox Sports Radio.

And there's a lot of radio shows that do not talk hockey that are now suddenly hockey experts.

Now, we're not going to start with that.

We will work our way there because I feel like I get people email,

you're going to talk about the Washington Capitals.

No, I don't.

No, there's no rule that says in the guidelines that I have to talk about the Washington Capitals. I know. I watch the game. We'll work our way there. But the word here, if I began this radio show, whatever this is, if I began through the powerful microphones of Fox Sports Radio, breaking down the Stanley Cup final.

You know what the word for that is, disingenuous.

That would be the word, right?

So I'm not going to do that.

But I will get there.

But I wanted to begin with the conclusion, which is just hours away from the NBA season, we await the inevitable end to the

finals. And the thing that got my attention, the thing that I want to discuss here, the mainstream

NBA media, foaming at the mouth over Golden State. Like somehow this is a surprise

that the Warriors are up 3-0 in the finals, even though

last year they were up 3-0 in the finals.

Now, I don't know if you've been following this at all.

If you've paid any attention to mainstream sports media, you've heard about it, but maybe

you missed.

Maybe you got stuff going on.

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