NBA Finals: 5 most disrespectful moments from Game 1

1. Putting James Michael McAdoo on LeBron

Out of all the disrespect shown in Game 1, what the Warriors did defensively against LeBron James was without a doubt the biggest infraction.

The Warriors have plenty of depth at forward, with Kevin Durant, Draymond Green, and Andre Iguodala all serving as viable options to guard LeBron. It’s the NBA Finals, and they’re facing off against one of the greatest players of all-time. What do they do in this situation? They stick James Michael McAdoo on The King in the third quarter of the biggest series of the year. The 24-year old power forward held his own, but it goes to show just how little the Warriors were worried about LeBron taking over.

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In the end, it all worked out, as the Warriors won 113-91 in Game 1 and took control early in the third quarter. However, it’s a bold move to put a player averaging 3.0 points per game in his career, along with 1.7 rebounds and 0.3 assists per game, on a perennial MVP candidate. No matter how in hand the game already was for the Warriors, as they began to pull away from an eight-point lead at the half pretty early in the third, the confidence shown by putting in McAdoo may have been the final nail in the coffin.

The move was the top of a long list of disrespect shown in Game 1 of the NBA Finals, and if we continue at this rate throughout the series, we could be in for plenty of storylines throughout the next few weeks that find their way off the court.