Totally agree. It’s not a playoff atmosphere, but in pretty much all of these games so far, they’ve felt far more intense than any other fame you could expect in November over the last few years. I could see where initial criticisms came from for this tourney, but at the same time the NBA consists of the ~450 best players in the world, and it’s ridiculous to think they won’t be competitive with a prize on the line. I might be biased cause of success rn, but I’m all about the IST hahahah