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After two games between the Cavaliers and Wizards this postseason, there has been no shortage of media members taking issue with the Wizards’ defense on LeBron James.  But it’s not as though the Cavs haven’t handed out a few hard fouls of their own, and Wizards coach Eddie Jordan is tired of his team being portrayed as the bad guys.  Other Wizards haven’t shyed away from chalking the perception of their team up to LeBron James’ status as the face of the NBA.  Here’s a full article from the Washington Post, naturally focusing on the Wizards’ side of the story.

“Jordan hasn’t commented directly on Haywood’s ejection but he sees a double standard in the way the games are being called and in the way the physicality displayed by both teams has been portrayed in the media.

“Well, if they are like the fouls they gave on us, you have to at least act like you are going for the ball and you can throw your body at anybody the way you like,” Jordan said yesterday. “Just watching the fouls they gave on us, it was, you know, pretend you are going for the ball and throw your body at the guy. So that’s a good technique.”

Haywood said he meant no harm to James and believes that James is receiving special attention because of Brown’s constant complaining through the media.

“If that’s Delonte West I fouled like that, do they throw me out of the game?” Haywood asked. “Probably not.”"

Read the full article here.