..... and no one calls out the Ref's?
that first quarter officiating was some of the worst, most blatant, biased, bullshit I think I've ever seen. Actually the whole game was just terrible when it comes to officiating.
but the ref assist given to the Cav's specifically in the 1st quarter to get all the Warrior starters in foul trouble in the first 4 minutes of the game was something truly special to witness.
it was terrible both ways for most of the rest of the game, but it was that 1st quarter that set the tone and created a lead that was just too much to overcome.
between the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th quarters I think the Cavs only won each of those by about 1-2 pts each. It was that 16 point lead in the 1st quarter that was never made up.
The fact that defensively the Cavs were allowed to get away with almost everything off the ball that they wanted. Poor Curry was being abused. Durant practically dragged Rj over to the ref to get a holding call, but the ref refused to call it. and once after Klay got fouled, the game stopped on it's own and everyone stared at the ref for like a split second before he blew the whistle and called a foul on JR Smith, who almost put his hand up to volunteer the foul before it was called.
I thought Game 6 of last year was bad, but this was soooo much worse.
I hear there was a Laker game about 15-20 years ago and a Mavs game too that was somewhere near as bad if not even worse, so I can't imagine even attempting to watch that garbage.
Cavs shot near lights out, and Kyrie was balling out of his mind, but that's not unexpected when the other team can't even defend you because the refs will foul them out, yet you are not held to the same standard on the other end of the court.