The calls went against the Cavs for sure, but if JR Smith doesn't play like JR Smith (he consistently plays as dumb as a bag of rocks) then the Cavs have a chance to win. If an 80% free throw shooter can make a pair of free throws, then the Cavs are spared an outcome in which JR Smith's brain plays a meaningful role. If Kevin Love can do anything more on defense than watch people sail past him for easy layups, the ending doesn't come down to those free throws.
In short, Lebron played like the immortal God (the best of all time) that he is, and the rest of the team played like the pile of garbage that they are (on offense; on defense Kevin Love is the pile of garbage). Yet in the final moments, all his teammates needed to do was not be terrible, and the Cavs probably win, bad calls and all. They couldn't even do that.
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