The Warriors vs. the Celtics are the matchup we only could’ve dreamed of at the beginning of the season. There are so many points of intrigue here. It feels like the sides are nearly completely even.
There are so many stories involved here, too. It’s a matchup between a franchise that has climbed itself back up to the mountaintop after lots of sustained success last decade against a team trying to reclaim old glory with young faces.
It’s one of the prominent faces of the NBA’s old guard in Steph Curry up against a new challenger in Jayson Tatum. It’s Ime Udoka trying to accomplish some history as a head coach against one of his former peers.
