The Warriors have now won four of their past five games in Cleveland, including ending their season last year with a champagne shower in the locker room.
Despite their embarrassment over the unlikely situation, they celebrated the reunion with a bottle of champagne and spent the rest of the evening catching up.
The next morning I crossed into Austria and, a couple of miles down the trail, marked the occasion with a cigarette and a bar of chocolate, as I had previously upon reaching France and Germany.
Celebrating the industry's past highlights the extraordinary impact of their achievements and provides an opportunity for calm reflection in a constantly changing field.
Petrarch celebrated their greatness in conquering fortune and rising to the top. This was the biographical tradition which Niccolò Machiavelli turned on its head.