This year watching the NBA Finals has been a bit rough for my tastes. I mean, I’ll be honest. I don’t really much care for Football for 2 reasons, 1). It violent! When I was younger I saw Bo Jackson break his hip and stopped watching the sport. The other reason is that it stops after every play for huddles and shit, which is boring. Same with Baseball… boring, but Basketball constantly moves and strikes an elegance in the dance of players moving on offense and defense. Anyway..
Last nights Lakers Houston Playoff games was brutal, but I could see it coming from the previous games I had watched in the first round match-ups. It is common, from what I understand, for the refs to give more leave when it comes to calling quick fouls in the Playoffs vs. the regular season. Sure it gets more press to have 2 players thrown out for raising their tempers, but honestly it could have all been avoided. I don’t see why they wouldn’t want to keep the game clean when it comes to the playoffs. These teams got here by playing good basketball, and not by breaking the other teams spirits by constantly pushing them physically. I just want to go on record as saying I don’t like it!
Lets get back to basics. Teams should come ready to play and not ready to fight. It just annoys me to see shirts being grabbed and held onto and no foul called. Or seeing players hit someone harder than they normally would just to prove a point to the other player that they can play rough to.. Just do it! Right! Call the fouls ref! Make it you duty to help players by alleviating their need to retaliate. Keep it clean!
