With lots of flagrant fouls this season, it also means an automatic suspension for Green, who will miss Game 5 of the 2016 NBA Finals. Is he fitting in?
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Jefferson, though, did not replicate his strong Game 3 in his Game 4 start, scoring just three points. The Cavaliers won in spite of Love. It was telling that even when he returned for Game 4, coach Tyronn Lue brought him off the bench in favor of Richard Jefferson. The Cavaliers staved off elimination with a 112-97 win.
Steph Curry’s wife, Ayesha, has inserted herself into the NBA Finals narrative by taking swipes at Cleveladn Cavs star LeBron James, mocking LBJ’s alleged attempts of “taking the high road” in the fracas that led to Golden State Warriors’ Draymond Green’s five-game suspension. Love said both he and Channing Frye could benefit because of Green’s quickness in defending the outside shot. “I’m just kind of shocked some guys take it so personal”. He’s very dynamic on the defensive end.
Of course, nothing’s that simple, particularly with a player who’s under contract and can only leave his current team via trade.
It didn’t work out for either. Teammate Kyrie Irving also scored 41 – the first time in National Basketball Association history two teammates scored more than 40 points in the same Finals game.
When asked by reporters about whether or not he thought that stepping over guys is disrespectful, Love said that “It’s tough to say”.
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“You don’t see it too much, but, yeah, I think it is looked at as a form of disrespect”, Kevin Love said according to a tweet from Diamond Leung, a beat writer for the Bay Area News Group. But, I don’t know, it’s seldom seen.
