I’m convinced whoever writes sports for the is biased. I found this other article on espn where apparently Deshawn “sent Lebron sprawling to the floor”, afterwards [the King] “popped up immediately and took a few steps toward Stevenson”.
The writer then makes light of the NBA fining Stevenson for making “menacing gestures”, and that “Mike Brown praised James for keeping his compusure”.
First off, the facts are wrong. Lebron was never sent sprawling to the ground. Second, he is clearly trying to paint Lebron as the victim and Deshawn, the “physical wizards” (every time I hear that, I snicker), and the “raucous crowd” as the evil villains who are conniving to end King James career.
I’m sick of this, I really do hope we can overcome the officiating, media, and …. poor rebounding? that has plagued us this series. All we need to do is prove the inevitability concept wrong tonight, and push forward.

I’ve felt like a lot of the media hype about the Wizards saying before the series that they were going to play rough against Lebron was made up. I don’t recall any quotes like that from the players in the articles leading up to Game 1. I think its mostly been a Mike Brown/Lebron invention. Brendan’s quotes have all been delivered in an obviously humorous manner yet they’ve been played up beyond belief also.
This false quote is just more of the same. I fully expect to hear some radio or TV panelist ripping Gilbert today for it.
And Lebron is right. The Wizards crowds are mild compared to Detroit and probably to the Cleveland crowd tonight. Our raucousness has been limited to booing and chanting “overrated”. Nothing thrown, no profane signs or chants, no mugging of fans wearing Cleveland gear.