- Nov 15, 2003
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Yes, the Cav's/lebronze did "just enough." But they didn't do more than that. In that 4th quarter, if lebronze had gone 6/8 instead of 3/8... or if he had hit the 3 that Kyrie hit... I would say that THEY won the game. Doing something along those lines would have been enough to validate their effort in my eyes (however unforunate that might have been for me), regardless of how bad the Warriors failed.
However, the Warriors didn't just fail... they failed in epic fashion when held up against/compared to any reasonable expectations that spectators should have for them (given their track record these past 2 years, and particularly their great season this year).
Thus, I see this as more of a Warriors choke job than a lebronze performance for the ages. I don't see this as putting the focus on one side for no reason... it is completely justified when you look at the Warriors situation and how far they fell short (in comparison to lebronze/the Cav's). lebronze did "just enough". If he would have done what those who put him on a pedestal should really expect him to do (i.e. play like the greatest ever), then I definitely wouldn't have a leg to stand on. But he didn't... he did "just enough" (and really got bailed out by Kyrie).
You just can't heap all the praise upon lebronze for doing "just enough" when it was the Fraudiors that failed in an out-of-proportion/epic fashion. That's all I'm going to say about it, because I'm really just repeating myself... and I respect it if you disagree. Just wanted to make my point.
However, the Warriors didn't just fail... they failed in epic fashion when held up against/compared to any reasonable expectations that spectators should have for them (given their track record these past 2 years, and particularly their great season this year).
Thus, I see this as more of a Warriors choke job than a lebronze performance for the ages. I don't see this as putting the focus on one side for no reason... it is completely justified when you look at the Warriors situation and how far they fell short (in comparison to lebronze/the Cav's). lebronze did "just enough". If he would have done what those who put him on a pedestal should really expect him to do (i.e. play like the greatest ever), then I definitely wouldn't have a leg to stand on. But he didn't... he did "just enough" (and really got bailed out by Kyrie).
You just can't heap all the praise upon lebronze for doing "just enough" when it was the Fraudiors that failed in an out-of-proportion/epic fashion. That's all I'm going to say about it, because I'm really just repeating myself... and I respect it if you disagree. Just wanted to make my point.
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