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I Scoff!

At the end of regulation they missed a free throw, but got the rebound. A chance to win, but the player who got the rebound then dribbled the wrong way as time expired. Then the star and leader of the team pouted on the bench before the start of overtime, and they were then blown out in the overtime period. This almost sounds like what one would expect at a grade school game, but it was the first game of the N.B.A. championship. Championship series? I scoff!
But plays like this are only one reason that I am predicting that the T.V. rating for the NBA championship series on ABC will be disappointingly sub-par, and from my point of view, the poor ratings couldn’t happen to a more deserving station!
The other ridiculous thing that happened at the end of game one involved a charging call against the beloved home team, the Golden State Warriors. Over the years I have watched a ton of basketball, and I have never seen a charging call reversed by instant replay. The Cleveland fans are still screaming “conspiracy,” but I say, “incompetence!” This is supposed to be championship game, and if these are the best referees that the league has . . . I scoff!
Kevin Durant is one of the best players in the NBA. However, when he couldn’t beat the then championship team from the Golden State, he joined them! This certainly excited the fans in NorCal. However this sort of team shopping, trolling for a championship ring, turns off the fans in the rest of the country. Is anybody in any of the other NBA markets routing for or watching this “If I can’t beat you, I’ll join you” team? . . . I scoff!
However the crowning blow to this upcoming ratings debacle occurred when LeBron James said that neither team in the championship series would go to the White House to celebrate their championship with President Trump. Considering that last year LeBron called our president “a bum,” I am not certain that an invitation was coming.  Be that as it may, while LeBron is certainly quite a basketball player, when it comes to him spewing his political venom, not only do I scoff, but so does about 50% of the T.V. viewing audience.

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