Jon Krawczynski

I have a lot of respect for Sam.

I cannot fathom that take.

And that was a closest game.

If I remember correctly, I think like they were in it and fighting for it.

I think it's a fair place to net out.

I can't imagine, frankly, either getting incredibly fired up, unless you are Bam at a bio, which by all means, get fired up, or getting all that fussed about it.

Like, it's just a game.

It is kind of a farce in the way that you explained.

Basically, all of these crazy scoring games all turn into farces over time.

I mean, they all are.

I think once you're within range, once you cross 50, like, what else are you supposed to do?

Like, yes, you could check yourself out of the game.

Yeah, your team could just, like, completely pull the ripcord and get out of there against a tanking Wizards team.

But, like, why not?

Like, why not go for it if you're presented with the opportunity?

Yes.

I think it went beyond incompetence into desperation and frustration on the part of some of those fouls, where it's just like, you really could just all get out of here in one piece and not do this, and it would be okay.

But I don't know why the degree of fouling happened in the way it did.

I agree with everything you're saying about the Wizards.

I also want to make one