There was a moment in each NBA conference final where it appeared like Oklahoma City and Toronto were destined for something greater.

Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook willed the Thunder beyond reasonable expectations and into a Western Conference final game 7 against defending champion Golden State, and the Raptors survived six games into their Cleveland series on the sheer will of Kyle Lowry burgeoning leadership.

Neither underdog won out, delighting of NBA fans yearning for a Stephen Curry vs. LeBron James Part 2.

Fans wanted a rematch of the 2015 NBA Finals, when a fledgling Warriors club -- no one on Golden State's roster had previous finals experience -- trounced the Kevin Love and Kyrie Irving-less Cavaliers. They wanted to see King James either pamper or taint his legacy, following his fourth career championship loss.

More than that, fans want to see if a relatively healthy Cavs team can defend the three-point shot.

The 2016 postseason already seen more three-pointers made than the entire 2015 playoffs. That includes six games Curry missed with an ankle injury. The Warriors made 90 of them in the OKC series alone, compared to 55 for the Thunder; Curry and Klay Thompson combined for 62.

But Golden State is the team attempting the most three-pointers this postseason. Far from it. The Cavaliers average 33.2 per game to the Warriors' 14.4. Cleveland -- who shot just 36.2 percent from beyond the arch during the regular season -- shot over 43 percent against Toronto, Atlanta, and Detroit.

Complementing Cleveland's "Big Three" is Channing Frye, the journeyman power forward who suddenly became a perimeter threat by making 25 of 42 threes last month. That's something the Cavs were missing in 2015 when bigs Tristan Thompson and Timofey Mozgov attempted zero three-pointers.

The Cavs got burned by Curry and Thompson's outside shooting last summer. This time, they're fighting fire with fire.

Twitter Debuts 360-Degree Video

The NBA and Samsung have partnered with Twitter to bring Finals viewers a 360-degree view of the action.

NBA Finals 360-degree videos will primarily feature pre- and post-game clips taken during warms-ups and just before tip-off. All video will be filmed on a Samsung Gear 360 camera, though viewers will have to follow an outside link to watch.

Twitter is playing catchup with social media live-streaming pioneers YouTube and Facebook, but giving fans an exclusive on-court look at the game is a step in the right direction.

Live Stream and Start Time

All Finals games start at 9 p.m. EST, with the exception of the June 5 game starting at 8 p.m. EST. Start times for games 5, 6, and 7 are yet to be determined.

For those who won't be in front of a television, ABC Live will stream each game in its entirety.

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