We’ve reached the Finals of the NBA championships and watched last night’s Game 1 to see
the usual struggle between LeBron’s vulnerable ego doing battle with the
Warriors insistence on humbleness. The game alone is enough entertainment
especially since Shaq and Barkley had their laugh about the Benny Hill antics
that go on when chaos clashes with insistence on order. (Their take on the new
basketball!) I don’t see why anyone would purposely miss these games because the
entertainment value is high. If you’re not watching you’re really missing out-
I just had to say that! However, I can’t stand it when someone really gets
hurt. That’s what happened in the first quarter between Klay Thompson and J.R.
Smith. Before anyone could stop it J.R. slipped (probably on someone’s pool of
sweat), colliding with Klay who had just taken possession of the ball, tripping
him and he twisted radically, slamming down sideways on his right hip. Thompson
tried to get up and apparently was in such pain all he could do was slam his
fists on the wood floor. AUGH!
That mishap sent him out limping to the
locker rooms for the remainder of the quarter but luckily returned by the
second quarter to make a round of perfect shots in the basket for the remainder
of the game. His resilience alone is commendable but it made me wonder just how
much daily pain these athletes endure over the love of the game. Who says they
don’t earn their money ?
At any rate, I watched a real tug of war for
hours with the scores reflecting the struggle quite well. The Cavaliers and
Warriors were head to head throughout the entire game. Durant really shined in this game. I noticed that Dramond
Green tried to give LeBron a facial when he was trying to do a slam dunk. One
word of advice to Dramond: Try to stay as far away from LeBron as you can
during the remainder of the finals.
When the game went into overtime a sudden burst of perfect shots put the Warriors way ahead of the Cavs and you could see shock registered on the faces of the Cavs. Meanwhile, the Warriors were clearly rejoicing. When two and half seconds were left on the extended clock LeBron and Steph Curry decided to have a chat which escalated into a fast fight between several of the Cavs and several of the Warriors. There was enough time for it, wasn’t there? This was all started because Tristan Thompson had just been ejected from the game for unnecessary roughness. The ref actually started the fight, in truth. How important was it to eject a player when by all rights and purposes the game was over, pal?
I think the NBA needs to
call all the refs down on the carpet and start laying down some rules for them.
Often their calls are way off, especially on fouls. It’s so bad, in fact, that
I’m beginning to wonder what constitutes a foul. Even commentators are bringing
this issue up on a regular basis and it’s definitely high time they have a
conference between the players, coaches and refs and get their wires uncrossed.
Those rules are in place to protect players, basically, so they have every right
to question bad calls. Often they are quite justified in doing so and they
should be included in these talks. It’s time to have it out. Right?
Just my two cents worth !
The Castle Lady
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