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[Jonm1010]

If anything the temp should theoretically affect the spurs more. The team that thrives on fast breaks, lots of passing and is full of older stars that already can't play heavy minutes. All of which can be heavily affected by heat, exhaustion and being drenched in sweat.


Lebron needs to start drinking more water.

 

[Draconian]

Lebron in this game is the new Jay Cutler from the NFC Championship Game a few years ago.

 

[Slurmer]

Spurs in five. They look Soooooooo Gooooooooooooooood.

These early predictions always turn out so well.

 

[Ninja Scooter]

This is the fucking Finals, bro.

You play through that shit.

You can't play through something if you literally can't walk . His leg was basically dead. That's how cramps work. This isn't a hurt shoulder or sprained ankle where it's about playing through pain. He couldn't even take two steps forward what good would he have done to his team by "playing through that shit"?

 

[CherryWoodFuton]

How can you play when you can barely even walk? Plus its game 1 who cares?

 

[lil smoke]

Shady? Haha. You think anyone on the Spurs actually wanted to play under those conditions?

I dunno, it is a little strange, I'm just sayin.

Pop is a smart ass dude.

I don't know anything though, great win.

 

[ryutaro's mama]

Lebron in this game is the new Jay Cutler from the NFC Championship Game a few years ago.

YES!

Perfect

 

[reynal1287]

Im absolutely disgusted trolls or not about this Lebron gave up on his team crap. I've had cramps on the court and I actually had to stop playing for days...so I dont understand how nerds on a video fucking game forum judging this shit and they've probably havent done a second of physical activity in their whole lives

hahahahaha

 

[oneHeero]

If I were the Heat, I would file a formal protest.

I'm the farthest thing from a Heat fan on the face of the earth, but that was fucking bullshit. Given the Heat's heavy reliance on LeBron, Bosh and Wade (and their collective ability to play high minutes), the heat issue disproportionately impacted them. Where the Spurs have such a deep bench they could give everyone 20 minutes and still produce wins, the Heat can't do that and win. Their bench is far less reliable, and the Heat's "big 3" typically represent 70% or more of the scoring. In general, the more minutes you play, the more fatigued you get...but tonight, it was fatigue squared.

LeBron was probably suffering from heat exhaustion. What he needed was an IV. You can't drink away heat exhaustion and cramping of that type because the stomach has to absorb the liquid before your body gets access to it. Their team doctor should have been on top of that shit and honestly, he shouldn't have a job if he couldn't recognize that or see it coming before it happened.

Hahaha not a heat fan but using this crazy logic. Heat don't have a bench and spurs do so Miami should file a formal protest. Lmao

 

[kasane]

Hilarious conspiracy theories all over

Whatever, stay mad heat bros.

 

[Shun]

As much as I love Kawhi Leonard and the Spurs, there was a real possibility we would have lost tonight.

Kawhi Leonard showed up on guarding his man, but his offense, ball-handling, and IQ was horrendous tonight. Missed shots and turnover passes throughout the first 3 halves. Dude needs to wake up, one of his worst games in the postseason.

That said, Lebron fucked his team over. Shit was hilarious and I guess Lebron forgot about playing like it's Game 7. Dude looked like he didn't want a 3-peat. I don't want Lebron to get an injury that ends his postseason but all the other players are tired and dealing with it on both sides.

 

[Wallach]

Im absolutely disgusted trolls or not about this Lebron gave up on his team crap. I've had cramps on the court and I actually had to stop playing for days...so I dont understand how nerds on a video fucking game forum judging this shit and they've probably havent done a second of physical activity in their whole lives

hahahaha

 

[jman2050]

the people who think the heat was an advantage for the spurs are just as silly as the people who think lebron was faking his injury

The heat was not an advantage. Playing against a team without their best player for the last 8 minutes was the advantage.

 

[NaM]

The heat was free.

 

[WorldStar]

Spurs in five. They look Soooooooo Gooooooooooooooood.

something like 20 turnovers in the first 3 quarters?

lookin' hella good

i'm guessing you don't really watch bball all that much?

 

[Gordon Shumway]

Liver Loving Lust Lost? Literally Lonely? Lily Livered Leflaur Leflah Losers..lalalala..
http://youtu.be/i4sW3jJuVDg

 

[Dreams-Visions]

This is the fucking Finals, bro.

You play through that shit.

Some things you can't play through. You can't "tape up" cramps or heat exhaustion. If a muscle won't work, you can't even walk, much less run and jump. And heat exhaustion is actually quite dangerous.

I blame the team doctor for letting him get to that point.

 

[Barbacoatl]

Im absolutely disgusted trolls or not about this Lebron gave up on his team crap. I've had cramps on the court and I actually had to stop playing for days...so I dont understand how nerds on a video fucking game forum judging this shit and they've probably havent done a second of physical activity in their whole lives

Thanks for the laugh :lol

 

[Trey]

Im absolutely disgusted trolls or not about this Lebron gave up on his team crap. I've had cramps on the court and I actually had to stop playing for days...so I dont understand how nerds on a video fucking game forum judging this shit and they've probably havent done a second of physical activity in their whole lives

Why you so touched? lol

Everyone is literally kidding. It's not that serious.

 

[Ran Ran]

This is the fucking Finals, bro.

You play through that shit.

 

[commanderpepper]

There are so many good puns that can come out of this game.

 

[Squalor]

San Antonia planned the faulty AC just like San Francisco planned that Super Bowl power outage . . .

Good grief, people, just stop.

 

[Devilgunman]

Bad game by the Spurs but they still won. Usually a team turning it over 23 times lost by a landslide.

 

[Fjordson]

Holy shit @ some of these posts if they're serious. Y'all are fucking crazy :lol

 

[Officerrob]

If I were the Heat, I would file a formal protest.

I'm the farthest thing from a Heat fan on the face of the earth, but that was fucking bullshit. Given the Heat's heavy reliance on LeBron, Bosh and Wade (and their collective ability to play high minutes), the heat issue disproportionately impacted them. Where the Spurs have such a deep bench they could give everyone 20 minutes and still produce wins, the Heat can't do that and win. Their bench is far less reliable, and the Heat's "big 3" typically represent 70% or more of the scoring. In general, the more minutes you play, the more fatigued you get...but tonight, it was fatigue squared.

LeBron was probably suffering from heat exhaustion. What he needed was an IV. You can't drink away heat exhaustion and cramping of that type because the stomach has to absorb the liquid before your body gets access to it. Their team doctor should have been on top of that shit and honestly, he shouldn't have a job if he couldn't recognize that or see it coming before it happened.

A formal protest wouldn't be worth the paper it's written on.

 

[ryutaro's mama]

You can't play through something if you literally can't walk . His leg was basically dead. That's how cramps work. This isn't a hurt shoulder or sprained ankle where it's about playing through pain.

I have had cramps, man.

If I'm LeBron, I say call time outs until we are all out.

Dude was sitting on the bench, knees bent at the 4 minute mark. I would have been yelling a the trainers to do whatever they fuck they needed to to loosen my leg up.

Again, this is the fucking Finals.

 

[stormplyr]

The Lebron hate is unreal

 

[tarheel91]

This is the fucking Finals, bro.

You play through that shit.

I don't think you understand what real cramps are. These are not the "Oh, let's play some basketball after drinking soda and now my stomach is cramping up a bit" cramps. These are the "Holy shit, I literally can't move my leg it's cramping so bad" cramps. Anyone who thinks you can play through cramps actual athletes get have never actually had them.

I say that as a Heat hater and as someone who's sick of the coverage Lebron gets.

 

[The Last Emperor]

Liver Loving Lust Lost? Literally Lonely? Lily Livered Leflaur Leflah Losers..lalalala..
http://youtu.be/i4sW3jJuVDg

Hahahahhaah

Yes yes y'all
Ogc and heltah skeltah be the best y'all

 

[tiggerkiddo]

This is like Ray Lewis' Superdome conspiracy theory a few years back, lol.

 

[Subitai]

AC saved Spurs from 23 turnovers. They should have lost.

cramping isn't exactly something you can control and criticizing him over it is really stupid and beyond reaching for something to fault him for.

I've had my leg turn into a log hanging off my waist after overworking it on top of a small injury. The first time it happens you don't know how to handle it. I blame the coaching staff for this one as these are the things that they're supposed to worry about more so the players don't have to as much.

Spo should have taken him out sooner to make sure he was drinking enough. Everyone saying the broken AC doesn't change anything is correct in most instances, but when you're pushing the envelope playing any guy that much you have the presence of mind to tell a couple of guys on your staff to monitor everyone.

 

[Fjordson]

The Lebron hate is unreal

Almost as unreal as the idea of the Spurs intentionally breaking their air conditioning :lol

 

[Ninja Scooter]

I have had cramps, man.

If I'm LeBron, I say call time outs until we are all out.

Dude was sitting on the bench, knees bent at the 4 minute mark. I would have been yelling a the trainers to do whatever they fuck they needed to to loosen my leg up.

Again, this is the fucking Finals.

The trainers were working on him. There's not a whole lot you can do. You are being unreasonable based on the fact that it's LeBron.

 

[ryutaro's mama]

I don't think you understand what real cramps are. These are not the "Oh, let's play some basketball after drinking soda and now my stomach is cramping up a bit" cramps. These are the "Holy shit, I literally can't move my leg it's cramping so bad" cramps. Anyone who thinks you can play through cramps actual athletes get have never actually had them.

I say that as a Heat hater and as someone who's sick of the coverage Lebron gets.

See my above post.

 

[GamerSoul]

This is the fucking Finals, bro.

You play through that shit.

I think you need to be able to move your legs to be able to play, iirc. /s

 

[Officerrob]

Im absolutely disgusted trolls or not about this Lebron gave up on his team crap. I've had cramps on the court and I actually had to stop playing for days...so I dont understand how nerds on a video fucking game forum judging this shit and they've probably havent done a second of physical activity in their whole lives

So everyone else posting here is a nerd but you, yet you post here...

 

[bionic77]

Damn it got real stupid in here real quick.

 

[RockTurtle]

QUICK POLL:

how many here have gotten a dehydration cramp?

 

[TuXx]

"I'm gonna play through it, dawg"

 

[hoos30]

This is the fucking Finals, bro.

You play through that shit.

Have you ever tried it? Once your body cramps up like that, you're done for the night.

 

[lil smoke]

The Lebron hate is unreal

You have to accept the losers in life regardless of who you root for, they are going to be here posting and trying to compensate for their failures.

and on that note.
PEACE.

 

[Shun]

These comments are getting stupid. Other people weren't dealing with cramps. This is not rocket science. Lebron can't mind control cramps

Doesn't excuse the way he acted throughout the time he was injured. Tony Parker had shit with his hamstring and ankle, did he make a big scene about it?

JVG called Lebron out for his shit too.

Lebron did this shit 3 TIMES and what did he do when he was out? Just chilling on the bench. At least when Chris Paul does this, he stretches and tries to improve the situation. Lebron? Just chilling the first 2 times.

 

[stormplyr]

Almost as unreal as the idea of the Spurs intentionally breaking their air conditioning :lol

Lol that is even more unreal

 

[ryutaro's mama]

The trainers were working on him. There's not a whole lot you can do. You are being unreasonable based on the fact that it's LeBron.

Go back and watch the game. He is sitting on the bench, bent over. He isn't on the floor, getting stretched out. Dude quit and thought, we'll get em in Game 2. Seems pretty clear to me.

 

[Megadragon15]

LeBron tonight reminded me of Jordans flu game

In what way? Jordan played though his flu and helped win the game. LeBron did not.

 

[Stormhammer]

If I were the Heat, I would file a formal protest.

I'm the farthest thing from a Heat fan on the face of the earth, but that was fucking bullshit. Given the Heat's heavy reliance on LeBron, Bosh and Wade (and their collective ability to play high minutes), the heat issue disproportionately impacted them. Where the Spurs have such a deep bench they could give everyone 20 minutes and still produce wins, the Heat can't do that and win. Their bench is far less reliable, and the Heat's "big 3" typically represent 70% or more of the scoring. In general, the more minutes you play, the more fatigued you get...but tonight, it was fatigue squared.

LeBron was probably suffering from heat exhaustion. What he needed was an IV. You can't drink away heat exhaustion and cramping of that type because the stomach has to absorb the liquid before your body gets access to it. Their team doctor should have been on top of that shit and honestly, he shouldn't have a job if he couldn't recognize that or see it coming before it happened.

So because the Spurs have a better overall team, the Heat should protest because it's their own fault they have to rely on a lesser amount of players? What?

 

[sf2fanatic]

Did Pop tried to troll Chris at first during the press conference..

Lol Jalen with the towel

 

[tarheel91]

See my above post.

Again, this isn't something you stretch out. There are different kinds of cramps. You are done. Period. You've apparently only had the kind of cramp where you stretch for a few minutes and you're good. He'll hardly be able to walk for the rest of the day. If Game 2 were tomorrow I'd be concerned about his ability to play at a competitive level.

 

[RedEther]

Jalen Rose dropping truth bombs

 

[Gorillaz]

lol at "play through it, IT'S FINALS!"

if your body shuts down like that, it's a little more then just "play through it"