...and make it walk backwards.
That was an absolute abortion of a basketball game. Did someone have to win? Couldn't BOTH teams lose? Neither deserved it. I've seen pre-season games that were more entertaining. I've seen Summer League games more exciting. This is the NBA Freaking Finals! Don't we deserve a better game than THIS? A few tid bits:
- Neither team shot over 42%, Cleveland a stunning 37%
- A combined 26 turnovers
- Ginobili without a field goal, and 3 points all from the stripe in the last few minutes
- So much for Boobie - 1 / 10, 2 points and 1 assist
- San Antonio shoots a stellar 56% from the free-throw line.
- The officiating was attrocious on both ends. Inconsistent fouls, missed calls, and the attrocious missed call on the final play.
I know Lebron was fouled on the last play, no question. But so what. Any playoff team from the West would have jumped all over a game when San Antonio plays so poorly, especially with Tim Duncan in foul trouble. If they're playing Phoenix, Denver, Los Angeles, Utah or Dallas, and San Antonio loses by 20.
The problem is really glaring, if your David Stern. The difference in conferences is so glaring, Hollinger and others are suggesting ways to mix the conferences as part of a playoff seeding. And it's not going to get any better. In the next 2 or 3 years, Carmelo will get better, Dallas will improve, Kobe will get help, Utah will learn from their Conference Finals run, Nash won't retire, and San Antonio isn't going anywhere. In the next 4 or 5 years, Durant will be unstoppable, and Oden will be a man, not a man-child. There's no parity in the NBA like there is in the NFL.
I can't believe I watched the whole thing.
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