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The Fallacies of Fans Yesterday, I had the privilege of going to a Cleveland Cavaliers basketball game with my son, Matthew. It was a good time and the Cavs looked great in their win over the Charlotte Bobcats. What has stuck with me however, is not the game, or the phenomenal abilities of Lebron James, or even atmosphere of the arena. What struck me was the discussions that I over heard while sitting at the game. My conclusion is that most fans are blind, and pride ourselves because of the blinders. The bigger the blinders, the better. At one point, the Charlotte Bobcats began to put together a few successful plays and began to chip away at the sizeable lead. A gentleman behind me stated "The only way that they are scoring is because they are using our plays". Another responded after Lebron James was fouled "They have a plan to hurt him and make us look bad. That's why I hope we slaughter them tonight". The reality of the situation was that basketball plays,