Regular readers of this Substack can count on this: They will be very well prepared for the start of the NBA Finals on Thursday night in San Francisco.
My extensive written preview of Celtics/Warriors was published here earlier Tuesday.
Next up: I am supplementing that column breakdown of the 2021-22 championship series with two doses of Finals audio via live chats that I'm hosting via Spotify Live.
Enclosed is the recording from Tuesday night's Celtics-heavy session starring my friend and longtime colleague Gary Washburn of The Boston Globe. Gary and I spent an hour reviewing all the twists and turns of this wild Celtics season and assessing the various keys and concerns central to Boston's chances of denying Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson and Draymond Green their fourth championship in a span of eight years.
To complete the equation, I have a Warriors-heavy Spotify Live session planned for Wednesday (at a TBD time) with The Athletic's Marcus Thompson II, who ranks as the dean of the Golden State beat.
If you weren't able to join Gary and me for the Boston hour ... fear not. Full-fledged paid subscribers to The Stein Line, as always, get a recording emailed to them after the fact to catch up on the conversation at their leisure.
