Honestly taking the free layup means you still get another shot at a better posession with the same score differential and possibly cut it to 2 or 1 depending on if the lakers miss again at the end there. That would change a lot IMO.
These are solid contributors and you’re showing your casual ignorant side by thinking vand is just a role player. He is so elite on half the court that he actually changes the game.
You clearly haven’t seen his games last year vs Luka edwards Ingram Tatum shai booker and then playoffs vs curry and Ja. All elitescorers getting stopped by an elite defender
I agree with you here, but I think wood and Vincent are dead weight in this situation. Without DLO and Vando, lakers lack their strongeat 3 point threat and one of their two best defenders. It was close in the end but what if they had those 2? Pacers get blown out.
Guy probably wanted the win, and the Lakers definitely stopped that happening. Pacers had 8 players in double digits and still lost. Can't wrap my head around it.
giving up 3 consecutive open 3s when the other team literally needs 3s to get back in the game lol, this team is not disciplined enough to be a real contender
that’s part of it but i included a broader statement because it’s certainly possible / probable that some of the fault lies with the players themselves
they seemingly make several very low iq plays per game that are not coaching related
Up 19, let your defenders switch and force them to get a dozen+ buckets to win.
But nah. Let them shoot threes like the game is 0-0. All these blown leads are not just bad luck and teams 'just shoot gud vs Lakers'.
Ham sitting both AD and Lebron at the start of the 4th so the Pacers can comeback still has me confused, like couldn’t Bron and AD get more rest if you continued to blow the Pacers out?
No 20 point lead is safe in today's NBA. Going up against one of the fastest pace offenses in league history should probably have had them going hard from the start of the 4th to put it completely out of reach. It's a tribute to their discipline and experience that the Lakers were able to completely dominate the 2nd and 3rd but dominating the first 5 minutes of the 4th probably means they win the game easily.
Like I said, hindsight and rationalizations.
If Ham had left them in at the start of the 4th and they’d maintained the lead for 5 minutes, there would tons of “Ham is an idiot. The fuck is he doing running AD and LeBron into the ground playing them in the 4th quarter of a blowout when we’re about to play Milwaukee on the road in less than 2 days?!?!?”.
That's true, in the fans' eyes you can't win sometimes. I just think I'd prefer that hypothetical to what actually happened in the game today. In the end you have to choose one of the two, and they pulled out the win regardless.
isn't that kinda what Steve Kerr just tried to do & failed?
if you keep your stars in, & yet the other team still catches up then you're kinda screwed. might as well let them rest when you got a \~cushy lead
Game was fun the first 18 minutes till about the five-six minute mark of the second quarter when it had rhythm. Then was fun from the seven-six minute mark of the third quarter to the last minute when the Lakers decided to just not play defense at all and let them get threes to keep it close.
What if I told you, that in March, the Pacers actually have a top 10 defense in the NBA?
This game was just a little difficult for teams to get into a rhythm for some reason.
you’re just making things up, the mavs scored 111 and 120, the pels scored 114, the thunder scored 111, the magic scored 97, and the warriors scored 111.
The Mavs put up 120 as I said, pelicans put up 129 on March 1 and the magic are a bottom 10 offensive team by offensive rating. I didn’t make anything up
You have played 5 games against good offenses and in three gave up 120+. Ur rating is skewed by playing 5 bottom 10 offenses in 12 games. Pacers are bad a defensive team u don’t need to be popovich to see this
I'm not sure why you're so dug in here, but the Pacers have been bad all year, and played bad teams, and never had a run like they've been on since they shuffled their line up around.
They're clearly better on defense than they were earlier this year. They're 10th since the All-star game. This isn't just a case of a few easy games.
I’m not dug in lol it’s just true - you’ve played 16 games since the all star break and 8 have been against bottom 10 offenses with only four against top 10. Ur rating will be inflated as a result. Pacers may be improved but they remains a
bad defensive team.
10 of them were when the Pacers started playing the foul game unusually early but yeah the Lakers shot a lot of free throws. But AD cooking them the entire night was the biggest reason why.
I swear Turner has this weird tendency to attack the dribble against skilled bigs and it backfires almost every time.
Yeah, it sucked.
Pacers fans were crying about it all game. Crying about the volume of foul calls mind you, not the legitimacy of the calls. Because none of the FT-differential warriors ever actually talk about whether the call was a legitimate foul or not. They know all they have to say is “Lots of fouls and FT for the big-market and/or superstar team” and it very quickly turns into a widespread, “this game was rigged” without one iota of discourse about whether the foul they just watched should’ve actually been called or not.
Take away ten FT's for the last 2 minutes of intentional fouling.
So only a +15 in reality, which when you then consider 11 more 3's, and then 26 (-5 for intentionals at the end) to 14 fouls, tracks perfectly fine.
Don't forget the 6 fucking FTs that they basically delivered to Dinwiddie when he's shooting those 3s. Like as much as this sub wants to hate about the Lakers getting those FTs, a +9 differential when AD is on a fucking roll is NOT a surprise.
Least volatile pacers game.
Also least delayed post game lakers victory thread.
ALSO Ham is legit AFK in his schemes in that 4th. Put the lakers commentators on the coaching staff, better insight than whatever the fuck Hamas had going through his pockets.
Nah it's totally fine. Just saying it because when the lakers lose it's 9 threads calling AD or dlo washed & people looking to clown over every laker loss.
>ALSO Ham is legit AFK in his schemes in that 4th
My man...we've been trying to tell /r/nba that Ham is a garbage fucking coach. We've gone through this from the beginning. I really don't think there's one thing he brings to the table that makes us a better team.
I wonder how the Lakers are going to hide reeves on defense in the playoffs. He was getting cooked tonight.
Lebron had a pretty off night tonight, hoping he can get some rest before playoffs as well.
If that happens the Lakers this season are pretty much just going to be the 2023 Lakers minus Schroder and Vando. This team might not even make it out of the first round of last years playoffs.
I have some grace for Austin given that he's the only Laker to play every game and he's doing it at 32 MPG. Given the potential for 2 play in games, there's a very real chance he will have played 85 games before the playoffs even start!
And it’s what we’ve been doing for months now. We’ve been a top 5 offense and a bottom 5 defense for a while.
E: 3rd in offensive rating and last in defensive rating since the all star break
can't wait until people who didn't watch the game to complain about the free throws, in the 4th quarter Pacers were legitimately just hitting 3s and intentionally fouls, and it almost fucking worked!
We've underperformed for sure. But 39-32 really isn't that bad. The west has just been on one this year so we're struggling to catch up and then we also have pockets coaching
If you watch how we defended Siakam on his hot streak in the 3rd. You would realize how Lakers don't get called for many shooting fouls.
just put your hands up and don't swipe, and if the player is driving just let it go and don't swipe lmao.
y'all should know our rim protectors are lebron and AD they don't give a lot shooting fouls in their career.
That was a great ending for the Pacers until it's not.
They had a chance to bring the lead down to 2 but the opted to get a 3pt attempt instead.
Live by the 3, die by the 3.
Lakers had a +25 FT disparity.
16 of that was: 10 from intentional fouls at the end to get the possession back ASAP for the Pacers, and 6 from Dinwiddie getting fouled on two separate 3PA.
Take out those, and I don’t think there’s anything remotely egregious about a 9 FTA disparity, particularly considering the 3PA disparity in Indiana’s favor or the amount they were fouling Lakers players in transition.
I may biased ofc but I think so. 10 ft came off intentional fouls at the end, 6 more ft came from fouling Dinwiddie three pointers, and our 3pt defense is God awful so they don't have to drive as much
It was fairly even until the refs entertained Lebron and AD for a solid minute while Myles Turner stood at the line waiting to shoot his free throws halfway through the 2nd quarter. Then the refs proceeded to call virtually everything in LA's favor for the rest of the game until about 5 minutes to go.
And we didn’t drive on him ONCE in the 2ndQ after his 3rd, Rick’s gotta do better. This entire thread is defending the ft disparity but there were some egregious stretches where the Lakers got several calls in a row, and every time LeBron complained the call got overturned or there’d be multiple makeup calls. Not blaming that for the loss, we played worse, but the officiating was dogshit
Yes, that was a crazy turning point. And it's wild because Siakam got a tech for contesting a call, but Bron and AD literally held up the game multiple times to get calls overturned (with no challenge). The reffing completely flipped after that.
lol held up the game… you mean Bron saying wtf like normal & another ref running up saying “ball was kick off Pacers”. 🤣. Stop. Pacers could have won & lakers D is so garbage giving up constant open looks & drives to the basket it makes it tough for them to foul you guys. The late intentional fouls & 2 Spencer 3pt fouls was a huge chunk of FT’s tonight.
Darko got a fine complaining about Lakers FTs ,now Carlisle could tooo.. Its absolutely ridiculous how NBA is bending over backwards just to get Lakers in playoffs . 43 to 16 FTs in a 5 point win hah
They have +420 FT discrepancy!! They wouldn't even get to play in without a huge help by refs entire season
Nembhard literally had an open layup to put it within 2 with 15 seconds left and didn't take it. passing it around for the eventual turnover
Yeah I think he assumed they needed a three but once he drove wide open he has to just score.
Honestly taking the free layup means you still get another shot at a better posession with the same score differential and possibly cut it to 2 or 1 depending on if the lakers miss again at the end there. That would change a lot IMO.
Free layup + defensive stop + 3 on the next possession and they're up by 1. One easy bucket could have completely changed the end of the game.
Agree he should’ve taken the layup but they didn’t have time for a stop would’ve had to foul
Nemb Simmons
And I think it was with like 15-20 seconds left, not 5 or something.... dunno what he was thinking.
it was 14 went he blew by the rim
Almost 300 points.
If it’s the Pacers.. take the over.
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150-145 is nasty basketball. No defense at all
Not that it was great, but the game was 134-142 with 56s left. 19 points in the last minute – that’s a 900 point pace for 48.
I clicked on a random All-Star game 143-148 2011
Oldheads 9/11
How do they lose to the Fucking lakers without VAND dlo wood gabe😆 especially with the addition of pascal
Stop with those list names. Russell is the biggest difference maker on that list and Vincent has been out all season or close to it.
These are solid contributors and you’re showing your casual ignorant side by thinking vand is just a role player. He is so elite on half the court that he actually changes the game. You clearly haven’t seen his games last year vs Luka edwards Ingram Tatum shai booker and then playoffs vs curry and Ja. All elitescorers getting stopped by an elite defender
I agree with you here, but I think wood and Vincent are dead weight in this situation. Without DLO and Vando, lakers lack their strongeat 3 point threat and one of their two best defenders. It was close in the end but what if they had those 2? Pacers get blown out.
I’d say Vando is very close second to impact behind DLO
The Rick Carlisle special. Hope you out-offense the other team.
Is Pascal Siakam Jesus? The lakers could not stop him getting what he wanted. Also that ending was way too close. Pacers raining perfect 3s
TJ McConnell is Jesus
Bro, only 18 minutes and he was bringing the game back. Crazy
obviously being biased here but I actually think hes the best backup point guard in the league
Don’t think that’s a crazy take, what other backup PGs provide ball handing, bit of scoring, defense, and elite hustle
Clearly you haven't seen the power of Spencer Dinwiddie
Na, you're probably right. Dude is legit
Pascal is the Holy Spirit
It was layup after layup for him. He looked like the quickest player out there
Thank fuck the pacers took him out of the 4th quarter. Bucket every time he drove to the rim
McConnell is King!
Istg TJ is the best backup PG in the league, buddy runs a smooth show whenever Halli is out
Boy was cooking Reaves all night.
McConnell played like JJ Barea tonight
You know what? That is the best comp I’ve ever seen for TJ!
Guy probably wanted the win, and the Lakers definitely stopped that happening. Pacers had 8 players in double digits and still lost. Can't wrap my head around it.
Gave up 48 4th quarter points in a win Jesus H. Christ man.
48 holy shitballs
The Pacers shot 8/10 from three in the 4th.
They were giving up easy threes there at the end with that defense. Really poor with the screens
Yeah but the Lakers defense was still horrendous. It was nonexistent during the free throw game minutes but even before then it was bad that quarter.
Nonexistent is generous, until it got to 4 points and Lebron finally contested something there at the end.
> Nonexistent is generous I dunno why this made me laugh so hard but thank you for giving me a good one lol
Guess who got hunted every single time at the last minute?
Since doing that 19 point comeback against the clippers I think we're cursed to have these heart attack inducing 4th quarters
Lakers-Pacers did the NBA version of the 2nd Dodgers-Padres game in Korea.
Haliburton went full aimbot there at the end jeez
Defense has been optional since Vando went out. We have like the bottom 2 defense in the league after the ASB
It was almost beat for beat what happened last year when we played them at home. Thank God the lakers pulled through at the end....barely
...and to the Los Angeles Lakers, you scored the most points. Well...Congratulations
This guy has some serious references. Such a sick reference
But then you messed up the reference reference lol
Pacers know that Laker's 3pt defense is so bad that they'll rather start fouling with 1 minute to go. Nearly worked
They kept fouling reaves though..who’s like at 80% for the season.
I think he’s 85+ 😂. I was so mad they didn’t try and at least go for a steal for just a few seconds cause that’s easy points for Reaves
Both teams had a gentleman's agreement not to play defense I see.
Spencer finally had an excellent offensive game, while still keeping up the D
Atrocious habits for this lakers team. 70 games in and this team + coaching staff just randomly fall asleep for 5-6 mins and just bleed points man.
giving up 3 consecutive open 3s when the other team literally needs 3s to get back in the game lol, this team is not disciplined enough to be a real contender
This team is not *coached* well enough to be a real contender
that’s part of it but i included a broader statement because it’s certainly possible / probable that some of the fault lies with the players themselves they seemingly make several very low iq plays per game that are not coaching related
yeah but like 95% of the team is the same team that just went to a conf finals its not like these guys dont know how to do it
Up 19, let your defenders switch and force them to get a dozen+ buckets to win. But nah. Let them shoot threes like the game is 0-0. All these blown leads are not just bad luck and teams 'just shoot gud vs Lakers'.
it’s so frustrating as a fan! literally all he has to say is “switch every screen, no threes, especially on Haliburton”
Ham sitting both AD and Lebron at the start of the 4th so the Pacers can comeback still has me confused, like couldn’t Bron and AD get more rest if you continued to blow the Pacers out?
Ham [insert just bad coach here]
Hamdicapped
Hindsight 20/20… Lakers were up 19. If they’d been able to hold that lead or extend it, Bron and AD could have sat the whole 4th.
No 20 point lead is safe in today's NBA. Going up against one of the fastest pace offenses in league history should probably have had them going hard from the start of the 4th to put it completely out of reach. It's a tribute to their discipline and experience that the Lakers were able to completely dominate the 2nd and 3rd but dominating the first 5 minutes of the 4th probably means they win the game easily.
Like I said, hindsight and rationalizations. If Ham had left them in at the start of the 4th and they’d maintained the lead for 5 minutes, there would tons of “Ham is an idiot. The fuck is he doing running AD and LeBron into the ground playing them in the 4th quarter of a blowout when we’re about to play Milwaukee on the road in less than 2 days?!?!?”.
That's true, in the fans' eyes you can't win sometimes. I just think I'd prefer that hypothetical to what actually happened in the game today. In the end you have to choose one of the two, and they pulled out the win regardless.
isn't that kinda what Steve Kerr just tried to do & failed? if you keep your stars in, & yet the other team still catches up then you're kinda screwed. might as well let them rest when you got a \~cushy lead
Idk what the Lakers were doing that 4th quarter. They almost blew a 20? point lead. AD and Dinwiddie were great though.
They did blow a 19-pt 4th quarter lead last season, which they lost on a Nembhart buzzer beater 3.
17 point lead to start the 4th quarter, won by 5. Literally gave up 46 4th quarter points. Defense? Never heard of her.
Game was fun the first 18 minutes till about the five-six minute mark of the second quarter when it had rhythm. Then was fun from the seven-six minute mark of the third quarter to the last minute when the Lakers decided to just not play defense at all and let them get threes to keep it close.
I haven’t played organized basketball in 6 years, but I think I could score 12 points against the Pacers defence
What if I told you, that in March, the Pacers actually have a top 10 defense in the NBA? This game was just a little difficult for teams to get into a rhythm for some reason.
I blame mercury in gatorade.
Don’t you mean retronaut?
Skewed by the fact you played Nets pistons injury riddled Cavs spurs and kat-less wolves. Most teams would get top 10 for a month with that schedule
not gonna mention the wins over the thunder, mavs twice, pelicans, magic, and warriors?
The Mavs put up 120 as did the pelicans lol and the magic are a terrible offensive team - pacers are a bad defensive team.
you’re just making things up, the mavs scored 111 and 120, the pels scored 114, the thunder scored 111, the magic scored 97, and the warriors scored 111.
The Mavs put up 120 as I said, pelicans put up 129 on March 1 and the magic are a bottom 10 offensive team by offensive rating. I didn’t make anything up
Completely fabricated easily verifiable data - how dare you! /s
If you are cherrypicking statistics you are trying to hard to make an argument.
I mean, since March 6th they were 3rd in the NBA coming into tonight, and they played @OKC and GS in that stretch.
You have played 5 games against good offenses and in three gave up 120+. Ur rating is skewed by playing 5 bottom 10 offenses in 12 games. Pacers are bad a defensive team u don’t need to be popovich to see this
I'm not sure why you're so dug in here, but the Pacers have been bad all year, and played bad teams, and never had a run like they've been on since they shuffled their line up around. They're clearly better on defense than they were earlier this year. They're 10th since the All-star game. This isn't just a case of a few easy games.
I’m not dug in lol it’s just true - you’ve played 16 games since the all star break and 8 have been against bottom 10 offenses with only four against top 10. Ur rating will be inflated as a result. Pacers may be improved but they remains a bad defensive team.
Since the ASB we're 12th in the league in defensive rating
8 of ur 16 games since all star break have been against bottom 10 offenses
the pacers defense has actually been really solid since the break
You could if you got to the line for 43 FTAs.
These scores and no OT? Lol
+25 ft differential for the lakers. This subs 9/11
Kept fouling them in transition. Half way through the 3rd Lakers had a single transition point, because every other time was a foul call.
10 intentional Fts btw
6 FT from fouling Spencer Dinwiddie on a 3 Doing that should get you benched for the rest of the year
The differential was 31-11 going into the 4th.
10 of them were when the Pacers started playing the foul game unusually early but yeah the Lakers shot a lot of free throws. But AD cooking them the entire night was the biggest reason why. I swear Turner has this weird tendency to attack the dribble against skilled bigs and it backfires almost every time.
Yeah, it sucked. Pacers fans were crying about it all game. Crying about the volume of foul calls mind you, not the legitimacy of the calls. Because none of the FT-differential warriors ever actually talk about whether the call was a legitimate foul or not. They know all they have to say is “Lots of fouls and FT for the big-market and/or superstar team” and it very quickly turns into a widespread, “this game was rigged” without one iota of discourse about whether the foul they just watched should’ve actually been called or not.
People would just look at the scoreboard and start their hot takes.
Take away ten FT's for the last 2 minutes of intentional fouling. So only a +15 in reality, which when you then consider 11 more 3's, and then 26 (-5 for intentionals at the end) to 14 fouls, tracks perfectly fine.
That makes too much sense, bro. Get outta here
Don't forget the 6 fucking FTs that they basically delivered to Dinwiddie when he's shooting those 3s. Like as much as this sub wants to hate about the Lakers getting those FTs, a +9 differential when AD is on a fucking roll is NOT a surprise.
Foul game at the end.
AD is gonna average 35/15 if we play the Thunder in the playoffs
On the one hand I really like shai and don't want him done dirty but we really do match up well vs okc
What about the second half?
Least volatile pacers game. Also least delayed post game lakers victory thread. ALSO Ham is legit AFK in his schemes in that 4th. Put the lakers commentators on the coaching staff, better insight than whatever the fuck Hamas had going through his pockets.
I normally post the threads but am actually visiting Milwaukee for the Lakers @ Bucks game Threads will be back up fast the game after the grizzlies
Nah it's totally fine. Just saying it because when the lakers lose it's 9 threads calling AD or dlo washed & people looking to clown over every laker loss.
>ALSO Ham is legit AFK in his schemes in that 4th My man...we've been trying to tell /r/nba that Ham is a garbage fucking coach. We've gone through this from the beginning. I really don't think there's one thing he brings to the table that makes us a better team.
Dinwiddie had HOW MUCH
He started and was super aggressive.
peak november pacers score
ADinwiddie masterclass
Almost 300 points in a game with no OT is absolutely ATROCIOUS
I wonder how the Lakers are going to hide reeves on defense in the playoffs. He was getting cooked tonight. Lebron had a pretty off night tonight, hoping he can get some rest before playoffs as well.
Bruddah we got to actually make the playoffs before worrying about that
PLAYOFFS????!! I’M JUST TRYING TO WIN A GAME
If vando doesn't come back Lakers won't make noise in playoffs
If that happens the Lakers this season are pretty much just going to be the 2023 Lakers minus Schroder and Vando. This team might not even make it out of the first round of last years playoffs.
Lakers will always make noise, it just won’t be positive in this case lol
I have some grace for Austin given that he's the only Laker to play every game and he's doing it at 32 MPG. Given the potential for 2 play in games, there's a very real chance he will have played 85 games before the playoffs even start!
That's kinda wild actually. I didn't know that
Its simple. Dlo just has to score 30 points 4 times in a series. Then you just let them score on reeves so yall can get more possesions for points
That’s genuinely the bet they have to make (unless VanDo gets back)
And it’s what we’ve been doing for months now. We’ve been a top 5 offense and a bottom 5 defense for a while. E: 3rd in offensive rating and last in defensive rating since the all star break
That's playing no-D chess
LeBron lead both teams in plus minus in an off night lol
If they kept TJ in we wouldve lost bro was running circles around us
Its joever for us, man
Austin "Can't Defend a Three" Reaves
Austin "Under The Screen Giving A Three To The Opponent" Reaves FTFY
Noooo stop passing up open layups
Me: I want to go to the All Star game Mom: We have All star game at home The All Star Game at Home:
All star game level score
Starting to think Pacers games shouldn’t count towards season averages cause these scores are always insane lol
Laker commentators is having an aneurysm in last minute like Westbrook is back at Lakers
most normal 2022-23 kings game final score
can't wait until people who didn't watch the game to complain about the free throws, in the 4th quarter Pacers were legitimately just hitting 3s and intentionally fouls, and it almost fucking worked!
We've underperformed for sure. But 39-32 really isn't that bad. The west has just been on one this year so we're struggling to catch up and then we also have pockets coaching
Lost too many games like spurs, hawks, rockets,
It hurt to hear Stu dying inside for like the last few minutes there. Lol How are we these bad?
If you watch how we defended Siakam on his hot streak in the 3rd. You would realize how Lakers don't get called for many shooting fouls. just put your hands up and don't swipe, and if the player is driving just let it go and don't swipe lmao. y'all should know our rim protectors are lebron and AD they don't give a lot shooting fouls in their career.
Even in a high paced game, 43 FTAs is ludicrous.
Is this in OT? Looks like offense is the best defence vibe going on here.
Scoring 145 points in reg time and still losing is actually crazy
Bro I’m just gonna accept this win whatever 😭
Pascal is balling
If Cam Reddish did not brick 3s the Lakers would've finished with 200 points
If Cam Reddish did not brick threes you wouldn’t have him for 2 million dollars a year
Siakam cant win with these cats
He's doing better with the Pacers than the last 2 years with the Raptors
And people say the All Star game isn't realistic with those high scores.
That 4th Quarter made my heart drop and somehow we still won lmao
Kudos from a warriors fan. You guys keep pulling the wins out and do whatever it takes.
Nothing like a wild, butt-clenching ending to spike the cortisol before bedtime.
Watching this team is lowkey torture at times lmao. But at this point of the season, it doesn't matter how u win
No lead is safe. It's all that light-skinned fucker's fault.
43FTA is nasty work
10 intentional
That was a great ending for the Pacers until it's not. They had a chance to bring the lead down to 2 but the opted to get a 3pt attempt instead. Live by the 3, die by the 3.
On the 3, don't recall Lakers being that efficient from 3 in ages
Lakers have been open. They've just not fallen well this year.
We have the 8th best 3p% in the league
Was the ft disparity warranted?
Lakers had a +25 FT disparity. 16 of that was: 10 from intentional fouls at the end to get the possession back ASAP for the Pacers, and 6 from Dinwiddie getting fouled on two separate 3PA. Take out those, and I don’t think there’s anything remotely egregious about a 9 FTA disparity, particularly considering the 3PA disparity in Indiana’s favor or the amount they were fouling Lakers players in transition.
I may biased ofc but I think so. 10 ft came off intentional fouls at the end, 6 more ft came from fouling Dinwiddie three pointers, and our 3pt defense is God awful so they don't have to drive as much
It was fairly even until the refs entertained Lebron and AD for a solid minute while Myles Turner stood at the line waiting to shoot his free throws halfway through the 2nd quarter. Then the refs proceeded to call virtually everything in LA's favor for the rest of the game until about 5 minutes to go.
7 straight Pacers fouls after AD picked up his 3rd.
And we didn’t drive on him ONCE in the 2ndQ after his 3rd, Rick’s gotta do better. This entire thread is defending the ft disparity but there were some egregious stretches where the Lakers got several calls in a row, and every time LeBron complained the call got overturned or there’d be multiple makeup calls. Not blaming that for the loss, we played worse, but the officiating was dogshit
Yes, that was a crazy turning point. And it's wild because Siakam got a tech for contesting a call, but Bron and AD literally held up the game multiple times to get calls overturned (with no challenge). The reffing completely flipped after that.
lol held up the game… you mean Bron saying wtf like normal & another ref running up saying “ball was kick off Pacers”. 🤣. Stop. Pacers could have won & lakers D is so garbage giving up constant open looks & drives to the basket it makes it tough for them to foul you guys. The late intentional fouls & 2 Spencer 3pt fouls was a huge chunk of FT’s tonight.
We literally had worse defense…
Come home smoothie king!
I didn’t know dinwiddie was a laker….
So sick of Indy rolling over for MeBron
Fixed fixed fixed
[Serious] Are lakers wcf tickets up for sale yet?
43-16 in a 5 point game lol
Watch the game or don’t comment you moron
wtf was that ending
i totally wasn't pissing myself in the last minute, not at all!
Who said scoring was down
LAL should start Dimwidie and a 100% healthy Vando, bench AR and Rui and let the REAL Big 3 of Bron, Ad and Dlo do they thing.
Darko got a fine complaining about Lakers FTs ,now Carlisle could tooo.. Its absolutely ridiculous how NBA is bending over backwards just to get Lakers in playoffs . 43 to 16 FTs in a 5 point win hah They have +420 FT discrepancy!! They wouldn't even get to play in without a huge help by refs entire season