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Originally Posted by SirPsychoSexy
Here's a question. Why sit not only your best player (LeBron), but arguably the best player in the world for the last 6 minutes of an elimination playoff game?
Isn't that equivalent to the New York Rangers sitting Henrik Lundqvist because they were losing late in game 3?
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It would be the equivalent of sitting Lundqvist in a 7-0 game 5 in which he had made 50+ stops in the previous 4 while your offense scored 1 goal in each game.
At some point you give the guy a rest after carrying your team on his back for 4 years.