If the refs were making calls favoring the home team, I get that; but they were not. The game 1 refs heavily slanted calls in favor of the Celtics. LeBron was getting hammered before as a Cav without calls (think the 2007 Detroit series, games 1 and 2) and then he went to Miami and touch fouls were called when he went to the lane. Now that he's returned to Cleveland, he again gets hammered with no calls. Why?
lebron didn't get any calls in Miami Dude lived in the paint and barely got the amount of FT's people like Durant were getting while being perimeter based. A post I remember seeing mid season 2013
FTA/gm
Harden 9.8
Durant 9.1
Kobe 8.0
Love 7.9
Anthony 7.9
Westbrook 6.8
Lebron 6.3
Durant: 1390 FGA (325 3PA), 730 FTA, 513 fouls drawn,
LeBron: 1332 FGA (253 3PA), 519 FTA, 428 fouls drawn,
FGA 5 feet or less:
LeBron: 563 FGA
Durant: 365 FGA
Here's what's crazier. Compare Lebron to himself
FGA 5 feet or less:
2004: 558
2005: 586
2006: 707
2007: 592
2008: 652
2009: 569
2010: 546
2011: 533
2012: 437
2013: 563
FTA:
2004: 460
2005: 636
2006: 814
2007: 701
2008: 771
2009: 762
2010: 773
2011: 663
2012: 502
2012: 519
FTA/FGA Ratio
2004: 0.82
2005: 1.09
2006: 1.15
2007: 1.18
2008: 1.18
2009: 1.34
2010: 1.42
2011: 1.24
2012: 1.15
2013: 0.92
He's driving more frequently this season than he has since 2010. It's not even a debate, the drive was not even a facet of his game in 2011, and last year it was common against awful defenses that frequently left a gaping hole open in the lane but that's about it. This season is easily the best he's looked physically since coming to Miami, and yet, for the only time since his rookie season, that ratio has fallen under 1.0.
Carmelo:
Durant:
Harden:
Lebron:
These explain a lot of the disparity between Melo and Harden/Durant. As far as Lebron goes- :dontknow: