{"id":9495,"date":"2019-06-16T22:39:40","date_gmt":"2019-06-17T04:39:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/?p=9495"},"modified":"2023-06-28T13:04:34","modified_gmt":"2023-06-28T19:04:34","slug":"2019-nba-finals-past-modals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/2019-nba-finals-past-modals\/","title":{"rendered":"the 2019 nba finals: past modals, 3rd conditional &#038; useful vocabulary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>the <strong>usa today<\/strong> ran this headline after the<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong> toronto raptors<\/strong><\/span> won their first <strong>nba<\/strong> championship by defeating the <span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>golden state warriors<\/strong><\/span> in game 6 of the <strong>2019 nba finals<\/strong>&#8230;<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"asset-headline speakable-headline\">Raptors <em>deserve<\/em> celebration, but Warriors&#8217; <em>injuries<\/em> <em>denied<\/em> NBA fans classic Finals<\/h1>\n<p><strong><em><\/em><\/strong> means the celebration is <em>merited<\/em>, the raptors <em><\/em> it. <strong><em><\/em><\/strong> is <em>physical damage to the body<\/em>. <em><strong><\/strong><\/em> means the warriors injuries <em>didn&#8217;t allow it<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9508\" src=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/607b7904bd7f07b9eef738be3ea56ea7-300x169.jpeg\" alt=\"kawhi leonard holding the larry o'brien trophy\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/607b7904bd7f07b9eef738be3ea56ea7-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/607b7904bd7f07b9eef738be3ea56ea7.jpeg 698w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<h5><em>kawhi leonard, mvp of the 2019 nba finals, <\/em><u><em>holds<\/em><\/u><em> the championship trophy after the raptors&#8217; win the title<\/em> (ap)<\/h5>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"richyrocks english on youtube\" href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/richyrocks-youtube-subscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#x1f3c0;richyrocks english on youtube<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>the article, written by <strong>dan wolken<\/strong>,  like this<\/p>\n<h4>the nba finals <em>turned into<\/em> a <em>war of attrition<\/em>, and [the raptors] were the team <em>left standing<\/em> after six games.<\/h4>\n<p><em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/turn-into-def\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">turn into<\/a><\/strong><\/em> means <em>become<\/em>. a <strong><em>war of attrition<\/em><\/strong> is won by <em>gradually destroying the opponents resources<\/em>. <strong><em>left standing<\/em><\/strong> means <i>still on their feet, they survived.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/main-qimg-b6874af68a1252bd16060a436f03d0a3-c.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9518\" src=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/main-qimg-b6874af68a1252bd16060a436f03d0a3-c-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"david banner turning into the hulk\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/main-qimg-b6874af68a1252bd16060a436f03d0a3-c-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/main-qimg-b6874af68a1252bd16060a436f03d0a3-c.jpeg 602w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h5><em>david banner <\/em><u><em>turning into<\/em><\/u><em> the hulk<\/em><\/h5>\n<p>wolken expresses disappointment and empathy for the warriors  condition.<\/p>\n<h4><em>even<\/em> <em>if<\/em> you wanted the warriors to lose, <em>even<\/em> if you were <em>rooting<\/em> for their <em>dynasty<\/em> to end, there was no <em>joy<\/em> or justice in this.<\/h4>\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/root-definition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">root<\/a><\/em><\/strong> means <em>cheer for<\/em>, <em>support<\/em>. <em><strong>dynasty<\/strong><\/em> refers to the warriors winning 3 of the last 4 nba titles before this season and playing in 5 consecutive nba finals. <strong><em><\/em><\/strong> is <em>extreme happiness<\/em>. <strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/even-if-definition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">even if<\/a><\/em><\/strong> <em>emphasizes<\/em> that fans <em>rooting for<\/em> the warriors to lose couldn&#8217;t really enjoy winning this way.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/maxresdefault-23.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9514\" src=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/maxresdefault-23-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/maxresdefault-23-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/maxresdefault-23-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/maxresdefault-23-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/maxresdefault-23.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h5><em>fans <\/em><u><em>rooting<\/em><\/u><em> for the golden state warriors during the 2019 nba finals<br \/>\n<\/em><\/h5>\n<p>because of the devastating injuries that golden state suffered, the article is full of hypothetical examples in the past (<strong>past modals<\/strong>) that imagine alternatives to what <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/actually-def\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">actually<\/a> happened.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h4>but outside of canada, where they will <em>rightfully<\/em> celebrate this as one of the greatest sports moments in a nation\u2019s history, this has to <em>go down<\/em> as one of the saddest finals we\u2019ve ever seen. because of what it <em>could have been<\/em>. because of the cost to ligaments and tendons that left us <em>cringing<\/em> at the sight of kevin durant <em>grabbing<\/em> at his achilles on monday night and klay thompson <em>holding<\/em> his knee on thursday.<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>could have been<\/em><\/strong> is a past modal. the nba finals this season didn&#8217;t reach its full potential because of the injuries to <strong>kevin durant<\/strong> and <strong>klay thompson<\/strong>. <strong><em>rightfully<\/em><\/strong> means it&#8217;s <em>correct<\/em> and <em>justified<\/em> that raptors fans and canadians in general celebrate this championship. <strong><em>go down<\/em><\/strong> refers to how this event <em>will be remembered in history<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/j-law-cringe.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-14000\" src=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/j-law-cringe-300x281.png\" alt=\"meme of jennifer lawrence cringing while winning oscar text reads when i hear my own voice in a video--vocabulario en ingl\u00e9s--2019 nba finals\" width=\"300\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/j-law-cringe-300x281.png 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/j-law-cringe-768x718.png 768w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/j-law-cringe.png 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h5><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">cringe<\/span> can also describe an embarrassed reaction to awkward actions by other people, or to the awkward actions themselves <\/em><\/h5>\n<p><strong><em><\/em><\/strong> is <em>a facial and bodily reaction<\/em> to the unfortunate, ugly injuries that kevin durant and klay thompson suffered. <strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/grab-definition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">grab<\/a><\/em><\/strong> and <strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/hold-definition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">hold<\/a><\/em><\/strong> both refer to <em>taking something with the hand<\/em>. <em>grab<\/em> indicates more force than <em>hold<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/hi-res-e343d6afe36f3c8a98af22af1dd3354f_crop_north.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9529\" src=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/hi-res-e343d6afe36f3c8a98af22af1dd3354f_crop_north-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"kevin durant talking to klay thompson as he grabs his heel in game 5 of the 2019 nba finals\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/hi-res-e343d6afe36f3c8a98af22af1dd3354f_crop_north-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/hi-res-e343d6afe36f3c8a98af22af1dd3354f_crop_north-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/hi-res-e343d6afe36f3c8a98af22af1dd3354f_crop_north-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h5><em>kevin durant talks to klay thompson while <\/em><u><em>holding<\/em><\/u><em> his <\/em><u><em>injured<\/em><\/u><em> right heel during game 5 of the 2019 nba finals (gregory shamus\/getty)<\/em><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h4>it says a lot about the <em>grit<\/em> golden state has that it made the raptors <em>sweat this out<\/em> until the last possible second, long after the series <em>should have been<\/em> over.<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>should have been<\/strong><\/em> <em>over<\/em> is another past modal. it means the raptors <em>took longer<\/em>\/<em><\/em> <em>more<\/em> than expected to defeat the warriors. <strong><em>grit<\/em><\/strong> is <em>strong character<\/em>. <strong><em>sweat out<\/em><\/strong> means <em>worry about. <\/em>in fact the raptors didn&#8217;t <em>sweat it out<\/em> till the last possible second. the series <em>could have gone<\/em> (past modal&#x1f63a;) to the final seconds of game 7. but it didn&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/raptors-2-e1560481181675.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9515\" src=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/raptors-2-e1560481181675-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"raptors fans watching game 6 of the nba finals--sweating it out\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/raptors-2-e1560481181675-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/raptors-2-e1560481181675.jpg 392w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h5><em>raptors fans watching game 6 of the 2019 nba finals <\/em><u><em>sweating it out<\/em><\/u><em> (ernest doroszuk\/toronto sun\/postmedia)<\/em><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h4>they didn\u2019t go and <em>grab<\/em> it as much as they <em>held<\/em> <em>on by<\/em> <em>cuticles<\/em> as the warriors physically <em>fell apart<\/em>. it<em> shouldn\u2019t have been so hard<\/em>, but it was, <em>owing<\/em> all <em>to<\/em> toronto\u2019s own demons in <em>closing out<\/em> its first title and the <em>ever-present<\/em> <em>threat<\/em> of stephen curry having just enough <em>juice<\/em> to do this all by himself.<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>shouldn&#8217;t have been<\/strong><\/em><em> so hard<\/em> is a past modal. wolken&#8217;s opinion is that it was more difficult than expected for the raptors to win the series. <strong><em>held on by cuticles<\/em><\/strong> demonstrates that the raptors didn&#8217;t have strong control of the moment. <strong><em>held<\/em><\/strong> is the irregular past tense of <em>hold<\/em>. <strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/fall-apart-definition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">fall apart<\/a><\/em><\/strong> means <em>collapse<\/em>, <em>disintegrate<\/em>. <strong><em>fell<\/em><\/strong> is the irregular past tense of <em>fall<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/6263-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9513\" src=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/6263-2-206x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"206\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/6263-2-206x300.jpg 206w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/6263-2.jpg 550w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 206px) 100vw, 206px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h5><em class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9513\">tacos, especially the crunchy gringo kind, often <\/em><u><em>fall apart<\/em><\/u><em> when u take a bite<\/em><\/h5>\n<p><strong><em>owing to<\/em><\/strong> means <em>because of<\/em>. <strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/ever-present-definition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ever-present<\/a><\/em><\/strong> means <em>always there<\/em>. <strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/threat-definition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">threat<\/a><\/em><\/strong> is <em>imminent danger<\/em>. <em><strong>juice<\/strong><\/em> here means <em>energy<\/em> or <em>power<\/em>. fortunately for the raptors, curry didn&#8217;t have enough <em>juice<\/em> when he shot a three pointer with 7 seconds left in game 6. <em>if<\/em> he <em>would have made<\/em> it, the warriors <strong><em>would have taken<\/em><\/strong> the lead. (<em>would have taken<\/em> is <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/3rd-conditional\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>third conditional<\/strong><\/a>. read more about 3rd conditional below &#x1f447;&#x1f3fc;). wolken&#8217;s opinion on the missed shot is&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h4>it probably <em>wouldn\u2019t have changed<\/em> the <em>outcome<\/em> of the series <em>had it gone in<\/em>. but it sure <em>would have given<\/em> the raptors a lot to think about for the next 72 hours.<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/steph-after-game-6-2019-finals.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-14001\" src=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/steph-after-game-6-2019-finals-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"steph curry sitting on the court after warriors lose to raptors in 2019 nba finals--vocabulario en ingl\u00e9s\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/steph-after-game-6-2019-finals-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/steph-after-game-6-2019-finals-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/steph-after-game-6-2019-finals.jpg 920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h5 class=\"credit\"><em>if curry <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">would have made<\/span> his last shot at the end of game 6&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/shoulda-woulda-coulda-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">woulda, shoulda, coulda<\/a> (frank gunn, associated press)<\/em><\/h5>\n<p>wolken&#8217;s idea is expressed in third conditional.\u00a0 <strong><em>had it gone in<\/em><\/strong> is the <strong><\/strong> structure and expresses the hypothetical possibility of curry making the three pointer he took at the end of game 6.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>wouldn&#8217;t have changed<\/em><\/strong> and <strong><em>would have given<\/em><\/strong> are hypothetical results&#8211;the raptors not losing the championship in a hypothetical game 7 and 72 hours of nervous anticipation of the hypothetical game 7 for the raptors. as the structure here is not standard (there is not an <em>if<\/em> clause with the past perfect)\u00a0 this is a tricky example of 3rd conditional.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/outcome-definition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">outcome<\/a><\/strong><\/em> means <em>result<\/em>. 72 hours refers to the 3 days that <em>would have passed<\/em>\u00a0 between game 6 and 7 if curry had made the shot (third conditional again).<\/p>\n<h5><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h4><em>if there\u2019d been<\/em> a game 7 with a healthy thompson and momentum and the raptors starting to lose some belief, this was destined to be the <em>coin flip<\/em> of all coin flips. it <em>could have been<\/em> a classic.<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>more third conditional! there&#8217;d is a <strong>contraction<\/strong> of <strong><em>there had<\/em><\/strong>.\u00a0 <em><strong>if there&#8217;d been<\/strong><\/em> is another example of past perfect\u00a0 expressing a hypothetical possibility, this time as part of an <em>if clause<\/em>. \u00a0<em><strong>could have been<\/strong><\/em> is a hypothetical outcome &#x1f449;&#x1f3fc;with a game 7, this nba finals was going to be a classic, without it (what really happened) it was just interesting.\u00a0 <strong><em>could have been<\/em><\/strong> is frequently used to\u00a0 demonstrate regret, like this popular <strong>h.e.r.\/bryson tiller<\/strong>\u00a0 track about a relationship that didn&#8217;t happen.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"H.E.R. - Could&#039;ve Been (Official Video) ft. Bryson Tiller\" width=\"758\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4hYCmPBlmwc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/healthy-definition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">healthy<\/a><\/em><\/strong> means <em>without injury<\/em>. <strong><em>coin flip<\/em><\/strong> means it <em>would have been<\/em> <em>difficult to predict<\/em> who <em>would have won<\/em> a game 7 in this series, the <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/odds-definition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">odds<\/a> <em>would have been<\/em> 50-50 (three final 2019 nba finals past modal examples&#x1f640;).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9509\" src=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/share-a-coin-300x300.png\" alt=\"a hand flipping a coin\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/share-a-coin-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/share-a-coin-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/share-a-coin-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/share-a-coin.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<h5><em>game 7 at the 2019 nba finals would have been <\/em><u><em>a coin flip<\/em><\/u><\/h5>\n<p>are u an nba fan? what did u think of the 2019 nba finals? share your observations under <strong>leave a reply<\/strong><\/p>\n<form name=\"s2form\" method=\"post\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"ip\" value=\"216.73.217.70\" \/><span style=\"display:none !important\"><label for=\"firstname\">Leave This Blank:<\/label><input type=\"text\" id=\"firstname\" name=\"firstname\" \/><label for=\"lastname\">Leave This Blank Too:<\/label><input type=\"text\" id=\"lastname\" name=\"lastname\" \/><label for=\"uri\">Do Not Change This:<\/label><input type=\"text\" id=\"uri\" name=\"uri\" value=\"http:\/\/\" \/><\/span><p><label for=\"s2email\">Your email:<\/label><br><input type=\"email\" name=\"email\" id=\"s2email\" value=\"Enter email address...\" size=\"20\" onfocus=\"if (this.value === 'Enter email address...') {this.value = '';}\" onblur=\"if (this.value === '') {this.value = 'Enter email address...';}\" \/><\/p><p><input type=\"submit\" name=\"subscribe\" value=\"Subscribe\" \/>&nbsp;<input type=\"submit\" name=\"unsubscribe\" value=\"Unsubscribe\" \/><\/p><\/form>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>the usa today ran this headline after the toronto raptors won their first nba championship by defeating the golden state warriors in game 6 of&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9529,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"spay_email":""},"categories":[19,2571],"tags":[3771,53,3770,66,261,626,3765,8,9,4752,4753,4755,11,4751,10,2754,1510,2780,239,2285,216,1134,404,873,2775,3762,584,3769,3763,3367,3767,805,455,3766,2313,238,3768,1545,2714,3488,3764],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/hi-res-e343d6afe36f3c8a98af22af1dd3354f_crop_north.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9495"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9495"}],"version-history":[{"count":34,"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9495\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14006,"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9495\/revisions\/14006"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}