That night, Link and Rachel cuddled together on the sofa and watched the live broadcast of Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals.
With the highly anticipated showdown between the Grizzlies and the Golden State Warriors drawing fans' attention, most eyes had been fixed on the Western Conference Finals this year.
As a result, the Eastern Conference Finals' ratings had been abysmal. Many people did not even know what the situation in the East looked like.
But if someone, like Link did today, took an evening to watch the Eastern Conference Finals, they would definitely be quite surprised.
By now, the Cavaliers-Hawks series had reached Game 4. The series score was 3-0!
The Cleveland Cavaliers had given the 60-win, first-seeded Hawks no chance at all. In nearly every game, the Cavaliers had pushed the Hawks to the brink!
This season's Hawks were no pushover. An Eastern Conference team capable of winning 60 games was generally championship-caliber.
For example, the 66-win Heat of the 2012-13 season, the 61-win Cavaliers of the 2009-10 season, and the 66-win Celtics of the 2007-08 season.
This year, when the Hawks had stormed through the regular season and entered the playoffs seven games ahead of the Cavaliers, people had held high hopes for this "Spurs of the East."
The Hawks had indeed played brilliantly through the first two rounds. They eliminated the deep-pocketed Nets 4-2 in the first round, then dispatched the energetic Wizards by the same 4-2 score in the second.
In the playoffs, the Hawks' superb team basketball had remained a sight to behold. People said Budenholzer would rebuild the Spurs' glory in Atlanta.
However, once the Hawks met the Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference Finals, everything changed.
The Hawks had been utterly demolished in all three previous meetings with the Cavaliers.
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