The Root; Published By: Noah A. McGee
I love basketball. I truly do. It was my first love growing up. For the longest, outside of my family, it was the only thing that I truly cared about. But Tuesday night’s game between the Los Angeles Lakers and Minnesota Timberwolves had me questioning if I even enjoy the sport I grew up loving.
The game that determined who was going to receive the seventh seed in the Western Conference NBA Playoffs and play the Memphis Grizzlies in the first round was filled with low IQ decision-making, terrible shot-making, dumb fouls, stupid turnovers, and an insane ending.
As one user on Twitter put it: “THIS IS CTE BASKETBALL.” But even though the play on the court was erratic and unpleasant to watch, I could not take my eyes off it. Whenever the Lakers did something unintelligent to try and lose the game, the Wolves one-upped them and said, “We can be even dumber”—and vice-versa. Read more
