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The San Antonio Spurs may have gotten away with a Game Three win against the hapless Cleveland Cavaliers, 75-72, but how they did it was damn ugly.

On a night when they were vulnerable for the first time in this series, wherein Manu Ginobili only had three points and was just 0-for-7 from the field, the Spurs got lucky that foolish Cavs forward Anderson Varejao decided to take the most crucial game tying basket. Trailing by just two, 70-72, Varejao got the ball from an off-balanced LeBron James down in the middle. He was supposed to pass the ball back to James, instead, he went for a high-looping-that-is-going-nowhere kind of shot. It was a big miss and the worst decision ever!

Then Bruce Bowen was back at his antics again! Down 72-75, James tried to hit the potential game-tying three at the buzzer, but he got hacked by Bowen, and no whistle was blown. The shot almost went in, and James was seen yelling at the official since the replays clearly showed he got whacked as soon as he took the shot. The Spurs had a foul to give, and Bowen has intended to use it. But to LeBron’s dismay, no court officials signaled a call, and Bowen got away once again with a huge foul!

What’s going on in the NBA? They are practically offering the title to the Spurs in a silver platter. First, that ugly Suns series, where all favors went San Antonio’s way, and now this! Everyone has been constantly complaining about Bowen’s hands holding on to who he is guarding every time they got past him. Vince Carter, Larry Bird, Isiah Thomas, the whole Phoenix Suns, everyone are belligerent about Bowen getting away with all these “antics.” All these complaints always fall to deaf ears. If San Antonio is not doing well in TV ratings, why is the NBA favoring them? I just don’t get it.

Hey, I’ve attached a Carter picture here when he was about to go at Bowen. How I wish he could have smashed that ass****’s face and send a message to the league. Bowen is no good defender! He is damn so dirty and the damn league favors him a lot. Logically, Tayshaun Prince could have done a better job guarding James since he is more athletic, faster and longer, but he wasn’t able to stop LeBron. But Bowen is riddled with age, slower, and shorter, and they say he is doing a better job on James. The main reason: Prince’s defense is clean, straight-up and makes use of his feet; on the other hand, Bowen uses his hands a lot, holding his man down when the guy got past him and planting those dirty feet under shooters, which is dangerous to the one shooting. So damn dirty!