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Screw Your Asterisk By Carson Hull In a season that came just 72 days after the NBA Bubble ended with LeBron and Anthony Davis defeating the Miami Heat in 6 games, the storyline all season has been injuries. The stars that run and carry our league all faced at least some injury issue with most missing a decent chunk of time. That problem became even worse when it lingered into the playoffs. AD groin injury in Game 4 of the first round. LeBron’s high ankle sprain. Harden’s hamstring in the first few seconds of the second round. Kyrie’s twisted ankle. Trae Young’s twisted ankle. Giannis and Joel having knee issues (and still out there balling). Donovan Mitchell missing the opening game of the playoffs and then getting injured again at the end of the Clippers series. Kawhi’s torn ACL game 4 of the second round. And those are just the stars. Injuries are always transforming playoff series. It just so happens that the injuries occurring during these playoffs are coming at th...