Did not. Tell. You.

The Blob is just a slow-learner zone, is what this comes down to. The lessons do not take. No amount of drilling them into its wooden head, over and over and over, ever seems to penetrate.

And so we come to Game 7, NBA Eastern Conference finals, Celtics vs. Cavaliers.

The Blob knew how this was going to go. It knew the shape of this series like the back of its hand. It knew ... well, everything but what it forgot.

Which is that you never, ever, ever bet against LeBron James in a Game 7.

Even if it's in a place where the home team was undefeated in the playoffs. Even if the Cavs' alleged second fiddle, Kevin Love, was out with a possible concussion. Even with Jeff Green, who averaged 10 points per game this season, starting in his place.

Even if the entire rhythm of this series virtually assured a Celtics victory.

But there was that other rhythm, and the Blob forgot it.

Never, ever, ever. Bet against LeBron. In a Game 7.

And so of course the Cavaliers won by eight, and Jeff Green, the 10-point-per-game scorer, went for 19 points and eight boards, and LeBron was on the high Hero Setting again, going for 35 points, 15 rebounds and nine assists while playing all 48 minutes. Along with the 46 points he scored in 46 minutes in Game 6, that means he scored 81 points while playing 94 minutes in the last two games of the series, both of which were elimination games for Cleveland.

Both of which the Cavs won to go to the NBA Finals for the fourth straight year. Both of which they won to send LeBron James to his eighth straight NBA Finals.

I don't know what the word for all that is. I don't know if there are any words to adequately describe it anymore, to describe a 33-year-old man who's been playing in the NBA for 15 years logging 94 minutes and scoring 81 points in the space of 48 hours.

I do know there's an acronym to describe it, however.

GOAT.

Greatest of all time. Don't even try to argue it.