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And now, the end is near.

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Everything on the table from this week, anything we've gotten to or have yet to get to,

you know what we've talked about, so you can weigh in on that or anything off the board.

It is up to you.

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It's full as usual. When people drop off, you can jump on. Those are the particulars. Anything you, too, care to interject before I go back to the telephone calls? No, I just want to add quickly to Duran. I said before this series started with Duran, I thought he was the story of this series. This series is entirely about Duran. I told you that today, if they run this away with this thing in a blowout, I don't think it helps his cause. To me, what I want to find out about Durant is his, what happens when he's got to fight for the win at the end? What happens? And I want to see some of that. To me, that's what would make this compelling.

It's better for Durant in the long run if the Cavs challenge them and put him in a spot.

Of course. Of course. If they win this thing going away, I don't look at them any differently, by the way.

And I look at him worse. Since he did that, since he went from OKC to Golden State, he went down in my estimation. And if he wins this week, he doesn't go up.

All that means is that he can only win a championship when the deck is stacked in his favor. What good is that?

And I used to feel the same way about LeBron. And then he pushed through.

Well, last year in particular was a big one for him.

Last year he pushed through with the deck stacked against him.

He didn't necessarily have the better team.

He might have.

It was close.

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