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TV Ratings Dictated NBA’s Decision to Play Finals Despite A/C Failure
Mediaite ^ | June 6, 2014 | Joe Concha

Posted on 06/06/2014 9:47:25 AM PDT by EveningStar

You know that controversial NBA game last night more than a few water coolers are privy to this morning? ...

The one played in an arena where the air conditioning went out due to an electrical failure, turning the court in a 90-degree sauna, resulting in said cramps for one LeBron James?

It should have never been played...

(Excerpt) Read more at mediaite.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Sports; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: airconditioning; lebronjames; nba; ratings
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To: EveningStar

Obviously written by a Miami Heat fan.


21 posted on 06/06/2014 10:06:16 AM PDT by GSWarrior
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To: EveningStar

The HORROR! No AC! Wah! Wah! Wah! Whatever can we do with no AC! I mean, players got cramps because they were hot! Wah!


22 posted on 06/06/2014 10:07:07 AM PDT by vpintheak (I will not comply!)
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To: EveningStar
"It should have never been played..."

...Sobbed Lebron James
 

23 posted on 06/06/2014 10:08:29 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd (NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
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To: GSWarrior
Obviously written by a Miami Heat fan.
Remember, basketball ain’t football. Conditions need to be optimum or the outcome is compromised, as was obviously the case last night (and I’m a Nets fan, so don’t bother making me a Heat-homer). Again, the temperature on the court was 90 degrees with no breeze and 19,000 sweaty fans in the stands.

24 posted on 06/06/2014 10:11:13 AM PDT by EveningStar
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To: Responsibility2nd

“It should have never been played...”

...Sobbed Lebron James

Aaaawwww, poor baby, did he have a little sand in his clam...


25 posted on 06/06/2014 10:11:55 AM PDT by areukiddingme1 (areukiddingme1 is a synonym for a Retired U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer and tired of liberal BS.))
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To: tflabo

and here comes every woman in America ripping on LeBron about not playing through cramps.


26 posted on 06/06/2014 10:12:53 AM PDT by ameribbean expat
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To: Responsibility2nd

I believe he also whined about Miguel Cabrera making twice as much as him. However Miguel Cabrera plays twice as many games at a rate of 5 or 6 per week.


27 posted on 06/06/2014 10:14:14 AM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin.)
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To: Jim from C-Town
This is why I hate the Heat.

I hope the Spurs sweep them.

28 posted on 06/06/2014 10:14:21 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: cripplecreek

I think Mr. Ballmer will take care of LeBron’s little “problem.”


29 posted on 06/06/2014 10:15:19 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: areukiddingme1
LBJ is fat and out of shape.

I'm up for giving him one of these the next time he can't make it off the court.


30 posted on 06/06/2014 10:16:44 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd (NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
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To: EveningStar

complaining about air conditioning on the 70th anniversary of D-Day....probably not the best timing

31 posted on 06/06/2014 10:17:34 AM PDT by BookmanTheJanitor
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To: BookmanTheJanitor

Amen to that!


32 posted on 06/06/2014 10:18:29 AM PDT by areukiddingme1 (areukiddingme1 is a synonym for a Retired U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer and tired of liberal BS.))
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To: dfwgator

You mean the Miami Trayvons?


33 posted on 06/06/2014 10:19:15 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd (NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
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To: EveningStar

No one, including LeBron, was complaining about the heat. A bigger question is whether the AC outage was “accidental.” Did the Heat get
Belichick-ed?


34 posted on 06/06/2014 10:22:03 AM PDT by GSWarrior
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To: EveningStar

I remember game 7 between Lakers and Celtics when the
AC was broken at the Garden. Nobody whined about having
cramps. Robert Parish weighed 11 pounds lighter after the
game. That’s alot of sweat.


35 posted on 06/06/2014 10:22:08 AM PDT by vwbug
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To: dfwgator
OTOH, on Wednesday night at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, the A/C was working so well that there was 2 inches of ice on the floor .....
36 posted on 06/06/2014 10:26:26 AM PDT by mikrofon (Stanley BUMP)
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To: EveningStar
Conditions need to be optimum or the outcome is compromised.

There are college teams that play with no A/C.

The European & other overseas players are used to playing with no A/C.

It wasn't too long ago there were NBA arenas without A/C.

This isn't the first time LeFraud has dealt with cramps late in the season. He needs to prepare better.

37 posted on 06/06/2014 10:28:03 AM PDT by gdani (Every day, your Govt surveils you more than the day before)
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To: GSWarrior

Assume the A/C failure was a devious plot by Popovich.

Who would naturally be affected? 38 year old Tim Duncan and the rest of the old geezers who play for the Spurs.

However, it is well known that LBJ has had heat cramps before in previous games that have taken him out of the game.

So, even if that’s the case, it sux to be him. He is fat and out of shape. Living the South Beach lifestyle does not agree with him. Perhaps he should adopt a South Beach Diet.


38 posted on 06/06/2014 10:28:44 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd (NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
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To: EveningStar

WOW , The NBA is on TV , who knew


39 posted on 06/06/2014 10:29:17 AM PDT by molson209 (Blank)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Yes, that’s what I call them.


40 posted on 06/06/2014 10:29:50 AM PDT by dfwgator
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