However it ends, these NBA Finals may be a classic

It’s Golden State Warriors 3 Boston Celtic 2 going into Game 6 on the Celtics’ home floor on Thursday night

HOT: Steph Curry of the Golden State Warriors drives to the basket against Boston's Al Horford in Game Five of the NBA Finals at Chase Center in San Francisco

THE series won’t end until Thursday, or maybe Sunday. A champion will be crowned, an NBA Finals MVP trophy will be hoisted, one side will spray a few gallons of champagne and the other side will head out into a summer of lament. The winner: Still to be determined.

But this much is already clear: Even without a single game decided by single digits through the first five contests, these 2022 NBA Finals are on the brink of going down as a classic.