This Curry vs. LeBron Vine mashup perfectly summarizes the NBA Finals so far

Painful -- and accurate. Painfully accurate, even.
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Sam Laird
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Let's check in on the NBA Finals, shall we? 

Oooh. Ah. Good Lord. That looks painful.

Here are the ugly particulars after two games in Oakland: The Golden State Warriors lead the Cleveland Cavaliers two games to zilch; the Warriors won those first two games by a combined 48 points, which is an NBA Finals record; the Warriors have beaten the Cavs seven straight times going back to last year's Finals. 


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We could continue with more gory details -- but this Vine explains the situation just as well. 

Here we have Steph Curry and LeBron James summing up the Finals so far. We see Curry, apparently a bit confused, wind up and uncork the perfect baseball pitch. And LeBron -- well, just watch. 

That's painful. And accurate. Painfully accurate, even.  

Of course -- to put on our Serious Sports Discussion face here for a moment -- this series is much more than Curry vs. LeBron. In fact, Curry's teammates -- including role players like Shaun Livingston and Andre Iguodala -- have carried most of the weight for Golden State so far. And LeBron is the least of the Cavaliers' worries. (Ground control to Kyrie Irving ... do you copy? Do you copy?)

But for all intents and purposes, Curry represents everything Warriors and LeBron represents everything Cavs -- making this the perfect Vine for our current 2016 NBA Finals moment. 

Now, perhaps you wonder where this little bit of video magic came from. Vine user @tannervids put it together toward the end of the regular season -- LeBron's failed catch went all viral in January; and Curry mimicked other sports during warmups in April

The series moves to Cleveland for Game 3 on Wednesday night. 

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Sam Laird

Sam Laird is Mashable's Senior Sports Reporter. He covers the wide, weird world of sports from all angles -- as well as occasional other topics -- from Mashable's San Francisco bureau. Before joining Mashable in November 2011, his freelance work appeared in publications including the New York Times, New York Times Magazine, Slam, and East Bay Express. Sam is a graduate of UC Berkeley and UC Santa Cruz, and basketball and burritos take up most of his spare time. Follow him on Twitter @samcmlaird.

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