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The finals on the brink we discuss.

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So Cleveland jumps out early.

They have a 13-point lead.

Did you watch game three?

You watched it, yes?

You didn't watch.

Bad job by you.

Cleveland jumps out to a 13-point lead in game three of the finals.

But the problem is they had to play the rest of the game.

And that is a pernicious situation for the Cleveland Cavaliers.

We know how it turned out.

Now, technically, they were in the game until the very end.

In fact, there were eight lead changes in the fourth quarter.

Did anyone outside of the biggest Cleveland sycophant think that the Cavaliers were actually going to win the game,

even when they had the lead late in the fourth quarter?

No, the answer is no, you knew how this was going to end up.

If only they could have shortened the game to about what, 16 minutes, 24 minutes, that would have been good, yes?

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