LeBron may whine for calls, but the one thing he is known for is taking, and playing through, more contact near the rim than just about any other player in the league. A big complaint of the Cavs this series has been that LeBron has been hacked or bodied by one, two, or more players every time he drives, yet he is…

If the NBA was able to determine that this was a Flagrant 1, how could it not go another step and rule it to be a Flagrant 2? A Flagrant 1 is “unnecessary contact,” while a Flagrant 2 is “unnecessary and excessive contact” that is “an unsportsmanlike act.” I don’t understand how intentionally swinging at, and making…

In the long run, we’re all dead; until then, we’ll be doing the sort of thing we usually do, and you can do so too.

[Austen] said she “didn’t even know that Mexicans were that smart[.]”

People may not know this, but “shooting gaurd” is a French term that roughly translates to mean “dark-skinned Adam Morrison” in English.

After he clears the screen with 10-11 seconds left on the shot clock, there are two defenders on the weak side block and a defender at each elbow. Golden State could not be in better position to collapse on LeBron and rotate to defend the 3-point line if he passes out of a double team. The rotations are simple. If LBJ…

The other thought that LeBron probably had at that point was, “Will somebody move and open up the god damn floor? How about you RJ? No? Just going to stand there a step off of the block with your hands on your knees while your defender, Draymond, who is the only rim-protector on the floor, gets to basically stand…

Do you suppose it was during last year’s Finals or this year’s Finals that the Cavs may have realized that they made a huge mistake in trading Wiggins for Love? While Wiggins does not carry the threat that Love does in the post or as a shooter (not that Love has shot well), he would at least allow the Cavs to defend…

Tom, serious question for you. Though the refs did not call a foul on the play despite it being a pretty obvious one, could the NBA assess a flagrant foul against Barnes upon review of the play even though the elbow was pretty clearly inadvertent?

Except for the two travels called against LeBron on consecutive possessions in last night’s game...

But why, then, the oversized “201_”? Does he not think they’ll win again in his lifetime?

Votto was hitting .255/.390/.409 with 6 HRs through 62 games in 2014 before he went down for the season with an injury. He then hit .314/.459/.541 with 29 HRs in 158 games in 2015 and led the league in walks. While he is admittedly in his age-32 season and many players of his build have fallen off a cliff in their…

Byrd said he took an unapproved supplement

While I generally agree with you, I think good-natured heckling can be both funny and entertaining. I was lucky enough to be invited to attend an Eagles-Falcons game in a luxury box at the Linc a few seasons ago and it just happened to be one of the boxes that was adjacent to the visiting owners’ box. One of the fans…

Cleveland does not have a harbor, it has a port, and it wasn’t the port that caught on fire, it was the Cuyahoga River. If you’re going to rip Cleveland, at least get the facts correct. Yeesh.

Justin Gilbert broke up Shaw pass in EZ to Barnidge

What are you talking about? This (and this) are pure entertainment.

Borgia went on to say, “They also unfortunately missed the 192 traveling violations that occurred over the course of every other possession of the game.”

I understand sliding to break up a double play or maybe going in a bit hard to send a message, but Bautista’s slide really crossed over from being a hard slide to being outright dangerous. He goes down so late and so high that it almost looks like he was attempting to blow out Odor’s knee or break his leg. I think…

If you live in the San Antonio area, don’t be surprised if there’s a new player next year in your local YMCA league who has creaky knees, can barely jump, goes by the name “Dimothy Tuncan,” and dominates with his old-man bank shots that always seem to go in.