Pat Riley: “Lakers beat us fair and square, but there’s always going to be that asterisk”

[NormanConnors]

Riley didn’t care about no asterisk in 06 when Wade was being escorted to the line and they suspended Stackhouse a game for a flagrant on Shaq that was weaker than AD’s elbow in the Finals

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Didn't care about an asterisk when Zeke played on one foot also.

 

[West Coast Avenger]

Corona championships.. Smh

People actually championing this fugazi title.. Win it next year when it really counts and let's see.

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[Leavingtheecstasy]

Pat Riley is salty as fukk

Remember when he told Lebron leaving miami is the biggest mistake he'll ever make?



Lmao mfer is top 2 all time now

 

[levitate]

Jealousy.

Would not have said anything about an asterisk had they won.

He can fukk off.

 

[malbaker86]

At least Pat is keeping the same energy that all y'all had with Kyrie/Love in 2015.

And the same one the Lakers fans ALWAYS had with my Spurs about our 99 title

 

[malbaker86]

And what rock were you living under in 2015?

Right. After the 2016 finals, it was nothing but "you see, the Warriors wouldn't have even won in 2015 had the Cavs been healthy!!!"

 

[Lakerman0834]

goran played 15 mins in game 1
and came back FIVE games later off an injury that takes months to heal

Bam played game 1 and got hurt, and was garbage when he came back

Dragic is their playoff leading scorer, ofc it's a big loss

they still logged FInals minutes unlike Love

 

[HabitualChiller]

It's hilarious how the reception of the Warriors winning in 2015 is the EXACT opposite to the Lakers winning in 2020. All cats could talk about was how the Warriors title deserved an asterisk because Kyrie and Love were injured, and yet a similar scenario occurs with Dragic and Bam being injured and now it's...

That's because:

1. The Heat wouldn't have gotten there under normal circumstances.
2. The Heat most likely would've lost anyways.
3. Cleveland would have won.
4. Last time I checked, Bam still played most of the series.
5. It was getting ugly in Game One before they both went down.

 

[THE K-MAN]

Only basketball with this goofy shyt

 

[360Waves]

It's hilarious how the reception of the Warriors winning in 2015 is the EXACT opposite to the Lakers winning in 2020. All cats could talk about was how the Warriors title deserved an asterisk because Kyrie and Love were injured, and yet a similar scenario occurs with Dragic and Bam being injured and now it's...

Because even when fully healthy Miami never had a chance. It was pretty well understood that Cleveland woulda beat the brakes off the 2015 Warriors with Kyrie and Love.

 

[Mike the Executioner]

It didn't make sense when Shaq said it and it doesn't make sense when Pat says it.

 

[etrofllenrod504]

Oh. So now teams control other teams health levels entering games

 

[Biscayne]

Yall should actually look up the presser and listen to it.

I was about to say. My brother gave me the full context of what he said in the presser, and it’s not as bad as they’re making it seem. When he said asterisk, he more so meant from the Heats end, always thinking of what could’ve been in regards to injuries. He also mentioned the Lakers teams he coached in which Magic was hurt and how the “what could’ve been” talk still haunts him. He still gave credit to Bron and AD and said they’re the greatest players on earth and said that at the end of the day, the injury stuff is just another excuse.

 

[Biscayne]

goran played 15 mins in game 1
and came back FIVE games later off an injury that takes months to heal

Bam played game 1 and got hurt, and was garbage when he came back

Dragic is their playoff leading scorer, ofc it's a big loss

And that’s my problem. Ppl want us to think that Kyrie and Loves loss was a big deal, but Dragic and Bams injuries being “not that important to the outcome”. They won’t keep it Even Steven.

 

[Biscayne]

In game 1 the Lakers were up 11 and were in the midst of a big run when Dragic left the game. There were definitely close games in the series but those games were close because of the Lakers carelessness. In games 3 and 5 the Lakers had a lot of sloppy defensive miscues that were a function of taking their opponent lightly. When the Lakers were engaged defensively you saw them completely bottle the Heat up like they did in games 1, 2 and 6. The Lakers have lost a game in every round due to carelessness on defense. If Dragic and Bam were healthy I'm sure Vogel would have benched Dwight and started Caruso earlier in the series and the Lakers would have been more attentive on defense throughout the series. Dragic would have been an improvement on Nunn and Herro but he wouldn't have added any value defensively. Lebron would have hunted him the same way he hunted Robinson and Herro.

Goran got the injury maybe 5mins before he actually went out. He went out because it was too unbearable. He was basically playing with the plantar fasciitis. You can see it in his lift.