The Warriors visit Cleveland on Wednesday night. The game will tip at 4 p.m. West Coast time. It’ll be halftime before most of the Bay Area breaks from work. Add in the commute and it’ll be over before some fans get home.



ESPN isn’t showing it. The network chose 76ers-Raptors and Spurs-Lakers for its doubleheader instead of Warriors-Cavaliers. One of the most dramatic, most viewed rivalries in the league’s history … is now over, ending the moment LeBron James chose to leave the Cavaliers for the Lakers. Six months after ABC televised the decisive Finals game last June to 16.24 million viewers, it’s now tucked away on League Pass during a whatever night.



“Yeah, it’ll feel weird,” Steph Curry told The Athletic late last week. “How many times did we play in those four years?”



Curry gazed toward the ceiling of a random Detroit gym, racking his brain in an attempt to solve his own math...