[WC 1st Round] (2) Denver Vs. (7) L.A Lakers

Well, he is not in Gotham where anybody would care.

 

Will his ego let him do that ?

 

Lakers with 19 Free Throws Nuggets with 6 Free Throws

The Referees are a Embarrassment. Adam Silver trying his best to Rig it for the Lakers.

 

Team LeBron James logic pick Nikola Jokic Last in the All Star Game Selection.

Nikola Jokic is getting revenge on LeBron James ever since.

 

He's gotta feed horses AND Minions now? Serbian villain arc incoming.

 

That's despicable.

 

The free throw thing is so suspect..I'm not a conspiracy theorist, but the notion that the Lakers just draw more fouls gets cut away at the knees when the other team's best player is a center, they get out-rebounded, beat on fast break points, and outscored in the paint...and the other team goes to the FT only 6 times, the second lowest free throw attempts in a playoff win ever.

Lebron averaged 1.1 fouls per game in 35 mpg...the only player to foul less per 100 possessions or per 36 minutes was Tyus Jones. That's ridiculous.

 

The Lakers got big games from Bron and AD along with their usual FT disparity and still lost.

 

Doesn’t account for defense though.

 

When LeBron James Falls down trying to elbow Aaron Gordon. The Referees held onto the ball on purpose do the Nuggets won't get fast break points. The Referees truly are trying Rig the Lakers into the Finals.

 

Big, if true.

Spoiler

 

Didn’t orlando lead the league in fta this season? Do the refs love them and hate the warriors who were 27th?

 

To me it wasn't the number the Lakers took last night...it was the number the Nuggets took (6)...and the disparity despite the fact that the Nuggets completely outplayed the Lakers in the paint in both scoring and rebounding. That makes no sense to me. I don't have a problem with the Lakers taking 19...I had a problem with the Nuggets only getting 6 free throws the entire game.

The Lakers free throw differential is more than 2x higher than the next team....that's crazy. The complaint isn't that they're taking too many free throws...it's that they are called for so few fouls relative to their opponents



and the fact that Lebron so rarely gets called for fouls despite being a very physical player...

 

Not surprising because the Lakers actively hunt FTAs with a passion and focus far beyond any other team. This is to compensate for their sizeable 3-point deficit.

As much as I hate how the refs reward them, it's a smart strategy by the team. That being true, we can be sure it wasn't Darvin Ham that came up with the idea.