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[QUOTE="champs99and04, post: 5301261, member: 488"]
It's luck and it's also depth.  OKC only even got that series to seven games because its bench outplayed Indiana's.  It beat Denver for the same reason.

The last three teams to win the title have done so in large part because of depth.  The Celtics were able to overcome the Porzingis loss last year because they had no problem playing 9-10 guys even when he was out.  This year a couple guys started to look old and some other guys may have been asked to do too much as a result.  The Nuggets lost Jeff Green, Caldwell-Pope, and Bruce Brown and now they have no margin for error with their health.

As a neutral fan, I don't love it.  It feels too much like the NFL or even MLB at times where it just comes down to health, variance, and depth.  The NBA used to be unique in that you needed your best player to be great.  I haven't felt that the last two years with Tatum and SGA.

But I do get how the parity and unpredictability of it can be seen as a good thing.
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