LEBRON DIDN'T GET FOULED SO SHUT THE FUCK UP

the populace of ohio can bitch all they want; they still lost the game and they're all still a bunch of pussies

unbelievable. all day long it hasn't stopped. "was lebron fouled? why didn't the ref call a foul? didn't rip hamilton foul lebron? why didn't they blow their whistles?"

Shut
The
Fuck
Up

if you know anything in the slightest about communication studies or even anything about psychology (or just have some common sense) you'll know that the media has a tremendous effect on people that goes farther than you'd normally think. when something is repetitiously pounded into the minds of an idiot (although even smart people are suceptible to such bullshit) they tend to repeat the ideas and beliefs of the source, like a parrot who doesn't understand the words and phrases it's trained to say. people think lebron was fouled based on the sole fact that the media raised the question. so, the media may not be completely to blame, except that you can tell espn is biased against the pistons when they ran a segment on today's sportscenter called "most famous non-calls in sports history".

lebron didn't get fouled. first of all, lebron created the contact. he threw his body into rip and threw his elbows in the air as if he got fouled. that was obvious. it's also partly because the refs decided to let shit go late in the game and let the players play. varejao's flop is the first case. yes, it WAS a flop. i'll admit, sheed pushed him, but he couldn't have pushed varejao as far as he fell. the replays clearly show varejao diving to the ground in a soccer-like manner. i mean shit, they guy is from BRAZIL. they teach kids there how to take flops from birth, regardless of whether or not they play soccer. if he really wanted a call he should've just taken the push and let the refs see it. even the announcers on TNT said that varejao has a reputation for being a flopper, so the refs did justice and let the play go.

on PTI, mike wilbon said lebron didn't get fouled because he isn't at the level of a superstar yet. but he is at that level, at least in terms of getting calls. thus far in the playoffs he's averaged 10 free throws a game, a number that can clearly impact the result of a game. lebron IS a superstar and get superstar calls, but like varejao's instance in the paragraph above, the refs decided to let shit fly and didn't blow the whistle.

but there's one obvious, OBVIOUS reason why lebron didn't get fouled. lebron outweighs rip by 57 pounds of pure muscle. earlier in the game, if you skeptics were actually watching the game and not just talking bullshit, you would've seen that when rip attempted to hack lebron on a fast break, he failed miserably and lebron dunked it. rip just isn't strong enough to stop him. lebron missed with a bad shot because he was trying to draw a foul that wasn't there. luckily the refs did the right thing.


and ultimately, it doesn't matter that lebron didn't get fouled, because he should've taken more shots, his team should've scored more than 26 points in the second HALF, and larry hughes should've hit the WIDE OPEN jumper he had from five feet away from the basket. not to mention that tayshaun prince hasn't been able to score at all (because of his intense defending on lebron), but that will change.

even though i've had a rocky past with him, bob ryan, who was subbing for kornheiser on PTI, put it best. there was contact, but that doesn't mean it's a foul. lebron could have gotten fouled, but he also may not have. rip hamilton may have bumped and touched lebron but he didn't blatantly hack him (which, like i said before, wouldn't make a difference anyway). it was a case of GOOD DEFENSE, which is what the stones are symbolic of. so enough with this non-call bullshit, the cavs, their fans, the media, and everyone else who thinks lebron got fouled should shut their mouths and plan for the next beatdown on sunday (830 PM on TNT).



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