NBA Finals Thread
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DeJesus Built My Hotrod said:
I think .500 is being generous, particularly since Wade would break down pretty quickly.
Deeper team benefited from the conditions.
AC Compressor "malfunction" - a page from the old school Celtics. Love it. Can already hear the HEAT fans whining.
This game would have gone down to the wire if Lebron played. The defense fell apart without him.riboflav said:
And save the bullshit about MJ or Larry. Larry Bird missed plenty of playoff minutes due to a bad back and a leg cramp isn't a fucking flu. I don't love the Heat but LeBron is a two time champion who has never looked soft up to now and now all these people who rarely watch the NBA are now experts on the game and what it takes to play it.
Serious? I'm not saying the Heat would have won otherwise, but it sucks that LeBron didn't play crunch time minutes.Ed Hillel said:
Hard to believe LeBron's calves tightened and hardened up like that considering he consists of pillowy softness and baby tears.
AMIRITE, riboflav??
AMIRITE, riboflav??
I agree... I've tried to do it.luckiestman said:
It's just not the first time this has happened to LeBron.
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1228716-lebron-james-injury-how-heat-stars-injured-leg-shakes-up-nba-finals
Oh, right. The narrative. Sorry, momentarily forgot I have to prefer LeBron's failure to good basketball.Ed Hillel said:
I don't care who is responsible though. I just wanted to watch LeBron play crunch time minutes in the NBA finals, and think it's a shame circumstance kept that from happening. Why is that so odd?lars10 said:
Just so I'm clear, if I blame this on LeBron or other professionals associated with the Heat, you'll let me have my completely reasonable opinion? Deal. LeBron's a pussy. Their trainer's incompetent. Still a shame the game ended with LeBron on the bench, because he's good at basketball, and it would have been fun to watch him play it.Ed Hillel said:
lars10 said:
In LB/Heat medical staff defense, I would guess he would have hydrated differently if they had known it would be so got I'm guessing all the players lost a lot more fluids than anyone expected.
Because in the end LeBron is reponsible for you not seeing him play crunch time minutes in the NBA finals and that he's ulitmately responsible for the circumstance that kept that from happening? (Multiple times)Grin&MartyBarret said:
It's not a hate LeBron thing in this case...or maybe it is...I'm incapable of impartiality.
He's been mocked for this before by pro athletes...
http://boston.cbslocal.com/2012/06/20/nhl-players-mock-lebron-james-leg-cramps-via-twitter-during-game-4-of-nba-finals/
edit: but I completely understand you wanting to see him finish the game out.
What was the score when Lebron first left with cramps? My brother is saying the Heat were up 7 and would have won the game if Lebron weren't sitting out. Am I misremembering or was it a closer game? I never felt like the Spurs were losing this one.
I agree...except for why did it happen in '12 too? I have no idea how players prepare for NBA games regarding hydration...and I don't know why James' body seems to, seemingly, react differently to other players in the same circumstance...although maybe LeBron played more minutes? I'm honestly interested in why it keeps happening to him.wade boggs chicken dinner said:
It's just funny that you are berating people for "having a narrative" over the bottom line of having LBJ in the game at crunch time, given that you framed the issue under a narrative of your own. If you had said something like "whatever the issue, it sucks as a viewer not having LBJ in the game," you wouldn't have gotten the responses you did.Grin&MartyBarret said:
The thing that is going to bother me about this is that the media is going to play it up so that the Heat lost because of the broken AC, and because LeBron cramped up. What people should really be talking about is just how brilliantly the Spurs closed that game. 31-9 is a phenomenal way to close the game. Would LeBron have made a difference? Maybe, maybe its a 24-16 run instead, but we shouldn't overstate the impact LeBron would have had on the finish of that game. Nobody was stopping how brilliantly executed the Spurs' offense was down the stretch.
Kliq said:
This is a great observation. That said, the Heat without LeBron is like SoSH without the arm-chair critics (especially ones who don't watch the NBA until June and then invoke players who played 30 years ago back when men were men and wore the equivalent to Speedos) - there just isn't much there.
I said, simply, that it was a bummer the broken AC decided this game. At the time, I didn't realize that comment somehow contained my opinions about a) LeBron James' toughness B) His hydration habits, or C) the Heat's training staff, nor did I realize that blaming the heat in the arena absolved LeBron/the Heat's training staff from any blame. I apologize for the confusion.Ed Hillel said:
Edit: my point B was turned into a smiley face, but it looks cool, so I'm leaving it.