I'm just going to leave this here

When the Indians failed to close out the Cubs in Game 5, the prospect of Cleveland fans having to eat their own "3-1 lead" jokes became very real — and now, it's time to reap what was sown. Right?

Here's the thing, though: the two situations aren't at all similar.

Okay, yes, there's the arithmetic of it all. 3-1 = 3-1, no matter how you slice it. But what the Cavs did in coming back against the Warriors was truly unprecedented. Not only was Cleveland the first team in NBA history to come back from a 3-1 deficit in the Finals, but Golden State boasted the game's first unanimous MVP and broke an NBA record with 73 wins in the regular season. By all measures, the Warriors were one of the greatest teams ever, and they choked.

You can justify that failure by pointing to suspensions and injuries, but the fact remains that Golden State's collapse was unparalleled. That was the basis for the jokes — not so much the series loss itself as all of the distaste that surrounded the Warriors in their pursuit of basketball's greatest season.