No Part IV: NBA Finals come early with Warriors vs Celtics in November

If it's not already apparent the 2017 NBA Finals will not feature Warriors-Cavaliers IV, it should start coming into focus Thursday when the Warriors confront the team most likely to win the Eastern Conference. With a single request to be traded out of Cleveland, Kyrie Irving changed all of that. "It sure looks like Boston is the team of the future in the East," Warriors coach Steve Kerr said Tuesday.