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Originally Posted by sknight
I don't buy the fired up argument. There's a cap on how petulant/unprofessional a grown man can act in the face of bad calls and adversity. Curry acted like a brat, that's all. It's game 6 of the finals, everyone is fired up. It's hardly like he's been targeted by refs in his career. Seems like Cle exposing Curry's D put the spotlight on him and yeah, the refs blew a bunch of calls.
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I think you are taking this a bit far. Lebron whines after essentially every play. He lowers his shoulder and comes through the lane like a bull in a china shop and then acts surprised that he doesn't draw the whistle with 100% frequency.
Steph was clearly frustrated. They were holding him and bumping him the whole series. This was a good defensive plan but when they call a slew of ticky-tack fouls on him and send him to the bench he threw a mouthpiece. Big deal. He is always flipping and chewing and playing with that thing (gross imo) anyway so it isn't some big stretch that he threw it. Also, you guys are taking his lack of defense a bit too far. None of the smaller point guards in the NBA are going to do well switching on to Lebron and acting like he was "exposed" is just silly. He did a fine job when he switched and just needed help like anyone else would vs the best player in the world who is 6'8" and 250. The Cavs plan to tire him out on the defensive end was just abc basketball. Well executed but hardly some miraculous coaching discovery.
Great series overall. But, there were so many factors where the universe conspired to have the outcome as it was. I mean how is that the suspension isn't being talked about. Talk about a momentum changer. Pure crap.