Demagoog wrote:EmpireFalls wrote:You could maybe call it statpadding against any other team but vs Denver? No way, as we’ve seen a 10 point lead is basically a 2 point lead. The Lakers needed every last one of his buckets down the stretch to keep the game out of panic territory.
The internet was a terrible idea for some people who consider themselves basketball fans, mind just down the gutter. Losing a lead equals chocking, scoring in the 4th quarter whilst leading equals statpadding. That's their analysis. Actual brainrot. In reality, LeBron put away one of the best closing teams in recent memory, matching them basket for basket. That's should give him nothing but praise as an almost 40 y/o man, but nope, no can do. I must submerge you all in my pool of idiocy.
Keep in mind that a lot of people write those kind of comments just to provoke a reaction. Some are also bots.
But, yea, Denver has the ability to get easy buckets via cuts, mini hooks, floaters, threes over shorter defenders etc. That means they are a constant threat.
So many people who attain the heights of power in this culture—celebrities, for instance—have to make a show of false humility and modesty, as if they got as far as they did by accident and not by ego or ambition.