I really enjoyed watching the Warriors/Mavericks series. Partly it's schadenfreude -- there are few things more fun that watching Mark Cuban watch his pretty-boys lose -- but I think overall it was just great basketball and a great upset story between two teems with rich subtext.

I have to say I found TBS's coverage to be pretty annoying. It's probably a function of the relative obscurity of Golden State, and the dominant popularity of Dallas, but it really seemed like the commentary and statistics dwelled excessively on the Mavs. Even in defeat, they were showing stat-shots of Nowitzki, and everyone in my household agreed we would have loved to be able to mute Marv Albert and just listen to the crowd, let alone learn a little more about the team that was actually advancing in the playoffs.

I've always been one to root for the underdog, but it occurs to me that the prevailing sentiment in much of America is the opposite. People love rooting for a winner.

Also, we've decided that when the Red Dawn comes, our militia will not be the Wolverines, but rather the Warriors.