I don't want to underestimate the impact that one of Draymond Green's eternally unpredictable limbs can have on the vision of an opponent that was unfortunate enough to have one of those massive mitts raked across BOTH eyeballs. Oddly enough, all you need is sub-average eyesight to see that James Harden was forced to finish the game with nothing more than sub-average eyesight...
That being said, we are talking about a guy that went on to score 29 points on 9-16 shooting in a road playoff game against the back-to-back defending champs, all of which came after being made to look blunted beyond belief. I don't mean to nitpick after a tough loss whose outcome could very well have been flipped had a superstar scorer been operating with 20/20 vision, but I'd imagine there's some legally blind people that would have 'Spalding' imprinted on their forehead if I passed them a basketball ball that might take umbrage with his claim that he could "barely see". I'd probably exaggerate an injury too if my chances of winning a championship had just been dramatically diminished due to no fault of my own, but James Harden legitimately looked like he was in the process of applying for a seeing-eye dog during his postgame press conference..
While he was clearly impaired, not having the athletic ability of Michael Jordan isn't the only thing that stopped Ray Charles from having a similarly successful career in sports. I guess what I'm saying is that battling through a sensitivity to light while on a stage as bright as that of an NBA arena is unbelievably impressive, but willing your team to within a few possessions of the Goliath that is the Golden State Warriors while the most necessary of your five senses is rapidly degenerating is impossible. Everyone already knows it's shitty that such an important game was affected by the poking of some of the most important eyes participating, but that postgame prognosis just seemed a wee bit excessive. Then again, what reaction from James Harden doesn't?
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