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Cavs chided for video of man throwing woman

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  • Associated Press

CLEVELAND -- The Cavaliers are being criticized on social networks for playing a video during Wednesday night's playoff game that showed a man throwing a woman across a room for wearing a Chicago Bulls T-shirt.

During the Cavs' 106-91 victory against Chicago, the team showed a video on its large scoreboard spoofing a popular TV commercial in which a couple fall while attempting the famous lift from "Dirty Dancing.