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Originally posted by Nimbletoe
Please. PLEAAAASE. LA lost it out there. The refs were missing a lot of calls, like shaq going over the hoop and putting in a SHOT from payton.
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LOL. I watched the game with Hal and when that happened, I immediately told him that someone would bring it up on here as a rebuttal to any complaining Lakers fans may attribute to the refs. Yes, they blew THAT call, so what?
But, what has happened to make the Lakers, the team that has led the league in FT attempts this year, all of a sudden go to the line only 1/2 the time of their opponents. (For what it's worth, Detroit was 6th in fouls committed against them by the way). On top of that, Detroit's defense is good, but aggressive, shouldn't they be fouling the Lakers more? Aggressive defenses foul more. It doesn't make sense what's happening. For them not to be fouling must mean they are playing absolutely perfect, and that they are the greatest fucking defensive team known to man. I don't think so, the Lakers team in 2000 was better defensively in my opinion. If people want to call them a legendary defensive team, and use that as the answer to my question I have no qualms.
There is no fix or conspiracy or whatever per say, but I think it is just the ineptitude of the refs, which has gotten progressively worse the last few years.
That being said, the Lakers need to get their hands in their pockets, and not put Detroit in the penalty with 8 minutes to go in a quarter. That has been the norm this series and the difference.