Can’t help but feel bad for the Lakers, they played well enough to win the game, probably one of their best games all year and for the refs to take it away from them the way they did was simply just sad to watch. Refs needs to held accountable
@Stevereno M. btw Bud isn’t a term of endearment, Bud- “ compact growth on a plant that develops into a leaf” you’re sprouting you don’t know how to talk basketball but eventually you will 👍
@Stevereno M. I feel bad for you man maybe you’ll find something in life… Passion can quickly turn into frustration and anger when things aren't going well. Anger and frustration trigger the body's stress response adrenaline and cortisol.
@Divine Departure you’re using clown and laughing emojis, relax. Clearly I hurt you buddy it’s pretty obvious, didn’t mean to make u mad just stating facts
@Jonah Cannon i am also chill kid and the fact you brought up that first on somebody's post that's not even related shows you got hurt first? yeah yeah 😂😂😂😂🤡🤡
@mac wise He stops dribbling before he reaches the free throw line and takes 3 steps before shooting (and missing). Lol. That, my good friend, is a travel.
@Stevereno M. ughgh...... man this has already been refuted again and again---it wasn't a travel. he took a gather step while picking up his dribble and took 2 steps. look it up
@Kai Phan It's called poetic justice. He travelled and it wasn't called. He then missed the layup. Deal with it. How many offensive fouls has he committed in his career that the refs have called the foul on the defensive player? When it happens, which is often, I've never seen the defensive player scream and start writhing around on the floor like a five year old throwing a temper tantrum. He probably would have missed the two free throws and then blamed someone else for that. He ALWAYS has someone else to blame when things aren't going well (refs, teammates, coaches, etc.). He's a joke, actually.
@shawn phelan Van Gundy can sometimes be ok when he speaks the truth but sometimes he tries too hard and it doesn’t work for me, Jackson has proven over and over he doesn’t pay attention or know what he’s talking about, at least when it comes to Boston
Heat fan here; love seeing my team against both of these clubs; and I know we don’t always see eye to eye in regards to our rival clubs, but even Celtics fans are saying the refs screwed the Lakers.
@Christina Mcconnell FACTS but thats the choice/sacrifice you have to choose to make rather take new prospects and hope their stars or take old stars use em til their black holes
@matt burgoyne they cnt because WE KNOW some games are fixed for ratings and with the refs in the hot seat almost anything they say will be absolute BS & and they cnt have that ruining their "money" (fixing games *NFL as well*)
This is actually a great input. In close "questionable" games, this would be great for the fans and players! Lots of push and shove. I think they should implement that seeing that refereeing determines games as well. I LOVE IT! AND WE NEED ANSWERS 🤣
Lakers played well. Great win by the Celtics I think that was a foul on lebron.. at the end of regulation but refs miss calls all the time. On to the next lakers.
@Justine sure. If they got all the help, then they should have won last year championship right? The Celtics live by the 3, die by the 3. If they shoot a good 3pt percentage, they win a game. If they don't, they will be beaten like a pulp like what the Magic did few weeks ago. They also lost against the Suns in their own home court. You win some you lose some.🤷
The non-call was a huge error, and I was rooting for the Celtics. That said there were still minutes to play in OT. Keep your head up. Because in order to succeed you have to be able to set your anger aside or use it to your advantage. And go and get what they are trying to take away from you.
@Jeffrey Acosta Are you serious? The top 10 in that draft were Ben Simmons, Brandon Ingram, Jaylen Brown, Dragan Bender, Kris Dunn, Buddy Hield, Jamal Murray, Marquese Chriss, Jakob Poeltl and Thon Maker. The only 3 guys out of that group I'd take ahead of Brogdon based on their NBA careers to this point would be Ingram, Brown and Murray.
@Stevereno M. it's called a gather step, the steps taken before gathering the ball don't count. Stop crying in every comment and go learn some basketball rules.
Players like Bron and curry bring the best out their opponents bro it’s crazy to watch, EVERYTIME someone faces them it’s like they got something to prove
This is becoming a thing for us the calls we need to win the game they don't call them NO MATTER WHAT ANYONE SAYS WE ARE PLAYING SOME GOOD BALL WE HAD TO PLAY TEAMS AND THE REFS
Wow. Can't say there weren't other bad calls in the game, but that no-call on the final regulation shot by James was just egregious. Tatum took a swinging swipe at his shooting arm and literally knocked it away from the ball. And, there was a referee not ten feet away with a perfect view. LOL Can't blame James for being so incredulous on that one; their season is literally on the line at this point.
@Treshawn Wilson yes they can go on a run healthy but that's my gripe with LeBron why is he and AD sitting out tonight? AD is just coming back he might not be 100% but he's definitely well well-rested
@Ricky Moss yeah I get that. Almost No team is ever at a time 100% healthy. Though some injuries or even some players hurt, are more impactful to teams than others
I’m not even a Lakers fan but they definitely got the short end of the stick in that game. Never leave it to the refs, the go with the team that paid the most under the table
After watching HBO’s Winning Time, I can definitely say that Celtics homecourt games are a magnet to these kinds of infuriating scenarios. The refs totally rigged that no-call on Tatum. One conspiracy theory is that they’re trying to protect MJ’s legacy by keeping LeBron from winning more games or having a chance with another championship ring.
Very few times I have seen Lebron that mad at an official. I understand home teams will get the benefit of the whistle but the refs needs to get it together.
I'm not a Lakers fan but they deserve to win this game vs Celtics in last play before the OT, foul is not give. So Lbj and the the whole team of L.A. was so disappointed in the referees. 😫
@Imdontai's biggest hater still 1.5 on the clock, and LeBron ain't the best ft shooter. May make only 1, then Celtics drive in and get a foul as well. Game doesn't end there guy.
this game got me so emotional when the foul is not call even tho I'm just watching i can feel the frustration of lbj that it made me cry because i can't do anything about it im just holding my tears back because my family is just near me and even tho im not a player it took me a long time to recover and focus watching the game can't blame lakers that they didn't win the game because imagine someone punch you in the gut and it will take you time to recover plus our emotions all over the place cant really focus even i that only watch the how much more for the lakers that really played hard and just to lose to some referee who suddenly blind and can't see a thing karma will get them
first there was the non-foul called on Schroeder, followed by a technical for him getting upset (NBA skipped over this play in these highlights; the ref literally waits to see if tatum's shot goes in and then makes the call once it doesn't, schroeder naturally can't believe it and gets T'd up) which shifted the momentum of the game then there was the late call at 7:14 (ref is literally moving back to the other side of the court til he suddenly decides to make the call once the celtics start complaining) then, of course, there was the no call on Tatum fouling LeBron 7:28, despite lebron throwing a tantrum and everyone on the lakers bench ranting and raving I don't think I've ever seen a single game where the refs seemingly manipulated one crucial play after another to give one team the advantage...in effect handing the W over to them, more than this one. a week later and I'm still stunned. I've always been skeptical of the whole notion that refs rig games for the home team or just rig games in general, but after watching this over and over..... I'm really not so sure anymore
Lebrons' frustrations were maxed out on this game. Him walking up the ball in the last seconds just told me that he was completely over that game and wanted to get the hell out of there.
@Stevereno M. yes, all lebron cares about his stats, which is why lebron went haywire and was super upset after not getting a call that he deserved that most likely would have, listen, WON THEM THE GAME, if lebron only cared about stats, he woudnt care that they lost and that he didnt get the call, because he already had a great statline, and lebron if you remember is a pass first guy, so idk what you mean by if bill russell had lebrons mindset, lebron is about to become the nba's leading scorer, and is top 10 all time in assists, hes had to score more because just assisting a lot wont help the lakers win games, i dont need to convince myself of that, when i know its true, and also id take bron over bill russell any day, and i think majority of people you ask(including nba analyst) would also take bron over russell
@Glitch Kidd Keep trying to convince yourself. That's your choice. I'll take Bill Russell's 11 Championship rings. It's funny because if Russell had played the game with Lebron's mindset he could have scored about 30 ppg but wouldn't have needed a toe to wear all of his rings at once. The object is to win, not just pile up stats, which is what Lebron is all about.
@Stevereno M. cuz tatum hacked him, lebron is an all time great, you know his positives, i dont need to explain them to you, anyone with half a brain knows that 😂😂
Imagine losing like this 4 more times in a season. That's the bulls this year. All proven too by the l2m officiating report the day after. RIP Lakers 😭
@Gabyyy Wait, weren’t they being blown out by blazers by about 30 halftime and just bout tied it back up by end 3rd qtr? Refs musta been in lakers payoff that game
Coming from the guy who plays 1/4 of a season. Maybe win the game and not go to overtime and stop pointing fingers. Calls are missed every single game. Get over it
All those complaining about the refs. How many times did the Lakers try to go to the hole? They shot jumpers all game and Boston attacked the rim. You don't go to the line much shooting mostly jumpers.
Refs have been on the lakers side for years or decades. One missed call you are cursing the hell out of them. Be grateful will you. Besides, the lakers won't make it to the playoffs, this loss meant nothing
Definitely was a missed call. But the Lakers also played horrible during OT where they had a chance to correct it. Although to be fair, if the foul gets called, there likely wouldn't have been an OT to begin with.
@RentFreeInsideYourHead Bro u really have no life to type this or hate ur life if u have to hate on a man that doesn’t know u this much…. Lebooty juice is funny tho😂😂
I can only name two reasons to why the Lakers didn’t get the call they deserved. 1. The Lakers handled this situation poorly complaining to the officials and Patrick Beverly was upset that he got called for a technical to start overtime. He even brought a camera on the court to show the replay. 2. Both teams used their challenges earlier which were both successful, and afterwards everyone hoped for under reviews. However, replay does NOT work.
Boston got a lot of soft foul calls. Never seen such a late foul call on that Jaylen Brown and-1, like the refs realized Boston was down 1 so they just gave him a free throw to tie.
The NBA stops games constantly and officials spend minutes poring over seemingly every questionalble call .Tonight there was an obvious foul that would have swung the outcome, yet because the ref swallowed the whistle, it was not a reviewable play. Van Gundy also made an excellent observation stating that teams should be allowed to retain their coaches' challenge until they call for a review that is unsuccessful.
All we want is consistency. If they are calling everything, then do so. If they're gonna let them play, fine. How did the Celtic player get a call when the ball was already out of his hands, but Lebron (no defense playing ass) CLEARLY got hit and NOTHING?!?
The officiating in this game was absolutely terrible on all parties involved, but the Lakers down 5 not playing with any sense of urgency on both ends of the court really hurt them in the end
Yea the refs missed that last call but also take into account that pat Bev missed a key free throw prior to the last foul call that would’ve put them up 4 . Then the next play Beverly slaps browns head on the put back lay up which jaylen ended up tieing the game. If lakers took care of business they would’ve never been in that position to blame the refs, they’re not disciplined
Tatum is mature enough as a nba player to know Refs dont call fouls at last ball possesions esp in game tied. It's not one of those game rules but it's been there implicated without being said and written. Bron's been playing for 20 years and hasnt realize that.
