To be fair, Draymond got a hand on Lowry's last shot. I still don't understand why Kawhi didn't take the ball to the rim and at least try to draw a foul.
Classless performance from Toronto fans, not just those in the arena, but also in Jurassic Park. Mocking an injured player is as low as it gets.
I turned off the tv in disgust, never saw a replay. Better Green got a hand on it that way. I thought he just missed i was numb.
As to the fans: Im pretty sure i can explain that, because i did the same thing at home. He was the Danger man. The very first thing that comes to mind when you see Durant go down, is "he's re-aggravated his injury, hes not going to be able to continue, he was the difference, we are going to win the title. Holy shit! we are going to win the Title. They cant stop us now."
I pumped my fist and cheered. I did. I was thrilled. You've got to understand, we really want this. 25 years we cant get decent players in because we are considered some exotic foreign location, cant buy a call from a ref, draftees tell us they wont come here, no respect from anyone, ever. It continues to this day. Now we are just about to win the whole ball of wax at odds of a trillion to one-people are emotionally invested man.
Anyway, after the initial outburst of joy, and yes , it was joy, it was -THEN and only then the players reactions, the replays, Durant himself, it start to become apparent that its not just a tweak of a bad calf, that the guy has in fact sustained a new and fairly serious injury. That obviously changes everything, and you go from being very happy to feeling very sorry for the guy, an all time great, pretty much in a heartbeat. Thats what happened to me at home, and pretty much every other Raptor fan watching imo. That changed things. everybody stood, and there was a very long standing ovation for the guy as he was helped off, which was in fact very classy. I applauded at home myself. They applauded him all the way to the locker room on the tv screens and it was completely sincere. So the narrative is quite simplified compared to the reality. Nobody was ever happy to see the guy get badly hurt. Everybody was initially happy that he couldn't continue. Two different sets of facts, two different human emotions, and both of them are totally legitimate. I remain thrilled that he's out of the series, and very sorry for him that the injury he sustained appears to be serious.
The real issue is Golden State playing the guy in the first place. In the warmup he was hanging off the rim rather than just falling to the ground on a dunk. it was super clear he was broken. He should sue his own team.