To quote Bartholome J., the ironing was delicious. Bruce Bowen tried to commit a blatant foul, but LeBron can’t buy a call, even on his home floor. And while Henry Abbott testifies the Cavs’ reluctance to scream “we wuz robbed”, is all part of “carrying forth a certain ethic”, for the second time in recent memory, I’ve got to wonder why Cleveland coach Mike Brown is so willing to eat shit.
I’ll buy into Henry’s theory that James is “a 22-year-old superstar who has plans to be back (in the finals) many times” and there would be something decidedly Un-Wise, if not downright undignified about whining. But such considerations never stopped the likes of Phil Jackson or Pat Riley when it came to lobbying thru the media. Who knows how many calls are influenced by allegations of bias?
John Starks was just on the phone. He’s pretty sure that Daniel Gibson will hit his 2nd shot of the night any second now.
At regular speed it looks like he just escaped contact, and he was moving backwards before Bowen got all grabby. It should have been called, but Lebron didn’t make it easy on the ref by stepping back prematurely. If Lebron wasn’t limited in the long range and free throw shooting departments he probably wouldn’t have been so worried about getting fouled behind the arc, and just chucked it when Bowen had an arm on him.