Member-only story

The 2018 NBA Finals, Told Through 7 Moments

From LeBron’s Cavs and Calves to monster games by Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant, from Kendrick Perkins’ cameo to J.R. Smith’s infamous brainfart, these are the moments we’ll remember.

Howard Chai
6 min readJun 9, 2018

The Warriors and Cavaliers met for the fourth year in a row, and while the series ended in a not-so-surprising sweep, at least we got some moments that will go down in NBA lore. These are those moments.

The Cleveland Calves

At one time or another during this year’s playoffs, you may have heard that LeBron gifted each of his teammates a set of very expensive tailored suits, in hopes of encouraging solidarity and team unity. Before Game 1 of the Finals, however, LeBron changed things up a bit, going with a pair of suit shorts that NBA Twitter had a field day with.

The J.R. Smith Blunder

--

--

Howard Chai
Howard Chai

Written by Howard Chai

I strive towards a career that ends up leaving me somewhere between Howard Beck and Howard Beale.

Responses (1)