Watching Gilas battle China for the 2015 FIBA Asia Championship was difficult, almost painful even. From the pre game and in game shenanigans, partial officiating, to the unruly crowd, to the shots that went in and out, it was a nightmare. It was the worst case scenario. It was watching a time bomb count down and any wire you cut results in explosion anyway. It was like watching your friend or your relative go after something or someone they want when it was clear to you and to them the odds would never be in their favor. It was like that scene in the Matrix, when the character Switch realized she was going to die because they were betrayed. “Not like this,” she lamented.
As Gabe Norwood crumpled to the floor from a finger to the eye and the referee just watching the ball go out of bounds, there was really only one question.
Why do we do this to ourselves?
