With LBJ. you always have to read between the lines. First off, while admitting he was a dumb eff for punching the board, he played macho man by not mentioning it until the series ended (i.e. showing up for his presser after game 4 with his boo-boo cast.) This made him look like a self-serving jerk of course.
Then he says he "pretty much played games 2-4 with a broken hand". Note the words "pretty much". In LBJ speak, this means his hand hurt a lot. It does NOT mean the hand was broken.
The article also mentions LBJ said he was squeezing a tennis ball to try to get the swelling down.
One of my golf buddies here is a sports med doc. If the hand was actually "broken", this would have been the last thing anyone would have advised LBJ to do. What he had was a contusion or a bruise. Anything broken would HAVE to be wrapped the Doc could lose his malpie insurance.
Bottom Line? LBJ knew there was no way he was winning the title - even if they did steal game 1. The boo-boo just gave him another sympathy card in dealing with the reality.
With LBJ. you always have to read between the lines. First off, while admitting he was a dumb eff for punching the board, he played macho man by not mentioning it until the series ended (i.e. showing up for his presser after game 4 with his boo-boo cast.) This made him look like a self-serving jerk of course.
Then he says he "pretty much played games 2-4 with a broken hand". Note the words "pretty much". In LBJ speak, this means his hand hurt a lot. It does NOT mean the hand was broken.
The article also mentions LBJ said he was squeezing a tennis ball to try to get the swelling down.
One of my golf buddies here is a sports med doc. If the hand was actually "broken", this would have been the last thing anyone would have advised LBJ to do. What he had was a contusion or a bruise. Anything broken would HAVE to be wrapped the Doc could lose his malpie insurance.
Bottom Line? LBJ knew there was no way he was winning the title - even if they did steal game 1. The boo-boo just gave him another sympathy card in dealing with the reality.
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