Richard Jefferson — who won a title playing for the Cleveland Cavaliers — claimed that the entirety of the organization hoped that the Oklahoma City Thunder would eliminate the Golden State Warriors in the 2016 Western Conference Finals.
“We were really hoping for OKC to finish this out,” Jefferson said regarding the Western Conference Finals matchup between the Warriors and Thunder. “We were really hoping. Yeah, to be clear, the Cavs — the whole organization was rooting for the Thunder.”
For a little while, it seemed as if the Thunder — who were led by Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook at the time — would go on to represent the Western Conference in the 2016 NBA Finals instead of the Warriors. After all, Oklahoma City won three of the first four games in the best-of-seven series and blew out Golden State by 24 points in Game 4 to secure a commanding 3-1 series lead…