Cavs Trample Hawks, Advance to Finals

The Cavs annihilate Atlanta to advance to the NBA Finals.

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No drama, no drawn out series, just a sweep. That's the anti-climactic conclusion for this year's Eastern Conference Finals. This inevitable reality was obvious early on in the first half tonight, but it didn't become official until a few minutes ago. LeBron set the tone early with a dunk that could become a sneaker logo:

...and the beatdown just continued for about two hours until the final buzzer buzzed. If you had the Hawks +29, you lost.

Now the Cavs can simply put their feet up and wait for their Western Conference counterpart Golden State to take care of business on their side of the country. The rest of us can relax, twiddle our thumbs, and do the same. Barring a Houston resurrection, social media will have to hold-off before they can comment on playoff basketball again. But first here's what Twitter had to say about tonight's shellacking:

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