Okay, guys. Selection bias on my part.AussieDave wrote: He did have 2 pretty bad turnovers at the end. But he played like a beast in the 4th quarter.
I did not watch the fourth closely until the last five minutes. (Soccer, Giants' game, discussing something pretty important with my business partner. Yeah, 'multitasking' is a fucking myth; I'm living proof.) I went back and watched this morning.
My bad.
I caught a couple of instances earlier in the fourth when he was standing around after passing to whomever. They were late in the clock; and he was in position to either rebound, or to defend the counterattack. And a couple of times down the stretch, he is allowed to grab two seconds of rest, considering what all he did.
I agree this is spot on. I would not call his 4Q results as off the charts, but I can't challenge that assessment. I can easily agree his effort was off the heezey, and his play beast-like.AB_skin_test wrote:It looked to me like Lebron said, I'm getting blamed if we lose anyway, so I'll just make it count if that ends up happening.
Hey, when Jordan is the bar, nit pickers like me will pick.
This making your mates better is not easy or simple. Especially in the finals, against a great team like the spurs, particularly the parker-timmay-manu champs who know how to do it.
Shit was still sloppy, and sad (to me); the excessive physicality detracts from the artistry--Manu elbowing LeBron in the fucking face; Timmay judo-throwing Bosh to the floor as two prime examples. This shit is not basketball; this does not fall on the specific actions of the refs in this single game.
Bron Bron was not sloppy or sad; the stretches he 'did not play like The King' were brief, and not a fair representation of his overall performance. Again, my bad; I was wrong to suggest he choked or underachieved. He wasn't Jordan; neither was MJ until he had the right supporting cast.