INDIANAPOLIS — Go forward, attempt to assume again to the 2022 Finals — simply three years in the past — and inform me who began the clincher for the profitable Warriors.
You clearly know Steph Curry, Draymond Inexperienced and Klay Thompson. Possibly you recalled Andrew Wiggins. However that fifth starter? It was Otto Porter Jr., who’s now retired at 31 years previous.
Or, let’s return to essentially the most consequential contest in NBA historical past — Recreation 7, 2016 Finals — and inform me for those who genuinely remembered that Festus Ezeli and Tristan Thompson matched up at tipoff.
Or how about 5 years in the past with the Lakers within the Bubble, when Alex Caruso and Danny Inexperienced lined up with LeBron James. Are their begins etched and memorialized in NBA historical past? Hardly.
