Now hear me out because I would agree that watching the NBA Playoffs are great; all the energy and all the overtime games, they’re great. However, it leaves a bad taste in my mouth knowing that whichever team wins each series is just ultimately going to end up losing to the Warriors.

The only teams left to save my hopes for the NBA Playoffs are the Milwaukee Bucks and the Toronto Raptors. The Bucks have two all-stars Antetokounmpo and Khris Middleton; the Raptors have two all-stars Leonard and Kyle Lowry.

Scary, right? Now, look at the Warriors.

Just like the Bucks and Raptors, the Warriors also have two all-stars — plus one more — plus the two on the inactive list that could come back at any moment.

Wait a minute, five’s not two. Yes, that is correct. Five is not two. Good job.

The Golden State Warriors are the kings of the hill, a hill that they’ve been sitting atop for the better part of five years.

In films, the throne is always meant to be taken and the underdog is always meant to prevail. Moments like Daniel defeating Johnny after training with Mr. Miyagi or Rudy becoming the hero of Notre Dame football give the audience a sense of content once it’s all over. Due to this innate joy in overcoming, the audience always wants the underdog to prevail in the end.

The fact in knowing that this year’s underdogs, namely the Bucks and Raptors, will not receive their story-book ending, but rather fall once again at the hands of the Warriors is disheartening.

For the sake of my child-like enthusiasm, I hope that I’m wrong. I hope that whoever makes it out of the Eastern Conference will give Golden State a run for their money. I hope that the face of the NBA is shifted in 2019 because change is good, and in times like this, change is necessary.