Golden Lanka Rakshasas

The only team that LeRama has to defeat to obtain the Sita O'Brien trophy are the Golden Lanka Rakshasas. Led by two-time RBA MVP Stephen Curravana, the Rakshasas are arguably the strongest RBA team ever assembled. With Lakshmana Bosh and Hanuman Wade unable to battle, LeRama knew it would be a tough, and almost impossible feat, to beat this team alone. He resolved himself to face them.

The lottery gods, seeing LeRama's determination, blessed him with Indra's basketball to help with the battle. The wielder of this basketball introduces himself as Kyrie Irving, also known as Uncle Matali. Kyrie tells LeRama of his skills, such as his amazing ball-handling abilities and his "clutch gene", the ability to make difficult shots when it matters the most. LeRama was skeptical at first and thought it was a trap but was assured by Lakshmana Bosh and Hanuman Wade that his skills are real. And so, LeRama and Kyrie go to confront the Golden Lanka Rakshasas.

Very quickly, the Rakshasas prove to be too much for LeRama and Kyrie to handle. Curravana and his many heads, named Klay, Draymond, Iguodala, and Barnes, made quick work of LeRama and Kyrie. Their suffocating defense alongside Curravana and Klay's excellent 3-point shooting overpowered LeRama and Kyrie. Soon, the Rakshasas had a 3-1 lead over LeRama and Kyrie. They seemed outmatched, as the three games the Rakshasas won were all blowout victories. If the Rakshasas win one more game, they will beat LeRama and Kyrie and win the Sita O'Brien trophy.

Even though all hope seems to be lost, LeRama and Kyrie refuses to give up. They knew that they had to be even greater in the next three games if they wish to win and in game 5, they did exactly that. LeRama and Kyrie both put up 41 points each. Curravana tried to rain 3-point basketballs on LeRama to end it quickly but each time he responds with a basket of his own. The series is now 3-2 but the Rakshasas still feel very good about winning the trophy.

In the next game, LeRama keeps up the pressure by dropping another 41 points to beat the Rakshasas. Curravana even tried to use an asthra to increase his ball-handling abilities. It made him so fast that it seemed like there were multiple Curravana's on the court, thus making his team look huge. This did not faze LeRama, as his weapon of high basketball IQ granted him the wisdom to see through these illusions. The series is now tied at 3-3; whoever wins the next game wins the trophy. LeRama and Kyrie have seemingly pierced the unbeatable Curravana and the Rakshasas' armor.

The final game was a back-and-forth affair. Neither side was willing to give up. Every shot that Curravana makes, LeRama answers back. Curravana uses an asthra that creates the loudest fans in the arena but LeRama uses his own asthra to counteract it! Curravana even uses his strongest asthra, the half-court shot, against LeRama to try and demoralize him but he calmly shoots his own three-pointer in response. Curravana is stunned at how strong LeRama is but he also refuses to give up. Curravana and his numerous heads hit LeRama with a barrage of three-pointers but to no avail. The game was coming to an end but the score was still tied. LeRama, however, misses his next shot and Curravana, seeing an opening, rushes down the court to try and score. LeRama then decides to end the game with his special asthra: his chasedown block. He took the ball away from Curravana and scores, thus defeating the Rakshasas.

Curravana, with his defeat, seems content, as he was finally able to find peace. LeRama reclaims the Sita O'Brien trophy and is known throughout history as the greatest RBA player of all time: a tale that will continue to be told throughout generations.

Sources:

• "Indra's Chariot" by Romesh Dutt. Website: Ramayana Online: Public Domain Edition
• "Battle of Rama and Ravana" by Sister Nivedita. Website: Ramayana Online: Public Domain Edition
• "Ravana's Death" by Donald A. Mackenzie. Website: Ramayana Online: Public Domain Edition

Author's Note: For the last story, I knew I wanted to talk about LeBron's 3-1 comeback against the Golden State Warriors in 2016. The NBA finals is a best of 7 series so when the Warriors had a 3-1 lead over the Cavaliers, many people thought that they won. The Cavs had to win 3 straight to win and to make matters worst, two of those games are going to be at the Warriors' home court. In addition, no NBA team had come back from a 3-1 deficit in the finals. On top of all of that, the 2016 Golden State Warriors made NBA history that season by breaking the record for the best regular season record. They beat Michael Jordan's Bulls' record of 72-10 with a 73-9 record. Out of the 82 games played in the NBA regular season schedule, they only lost 9 games. It is a massive feat and many people considered this 2016 Warriors team to be one of the greatest teams in NBA history. All of the odds were, quite literally, stacked against LeBron. The fact that he came back in the finals against one of the greatest teams the NBA has ever seen was massive and cemented LeBron as one of the, if not the greatest, NBA player in history. This was easily the defining moment of his career. With how strong of an opponent the Warriors were, I thought they would be a good parallel to Ravana and how defeating Ravana essentially cemented Rama in history. The rest of this story was me trying to mirror how the series went as much as I can to Rama and Ravana's fight.