Questions questions... ahhh, why didn't they indeed. Maybe it was an agreement between the two teams? Maybe it's just a show NBA is putting on to make games exciting, since they really are one-sided... Maybe game 1 was all about acting too. Maybe this, maybe that. We'll never know. But it was a dumb strategy, regardless of whether it was intended to result in a loss or not.
Did I say I hate Jack Nicholson even more? I always had an antipathy for that guy, and he just doesn't get any better... argh.. what an arrogant dumb*ss.