NBA – Beaten by one point in Miami, the Lakers made a montage of fouls not called by the referees and sent it to the league.
The day after the defeat against the Heat, the Lakers contacted the NBA to express their dissatisfaction with numerous misunderstood refereeing decisions which, taken together, contributed to tilting the match in favor of Miami. They therefore made a montage of all the disputed actions, and sent it to the league.
What particularly upset the “Purple-and-Gold” camp was the treatment reserved for LeBron James, yet author of a great match, but who could have benefited from a little more free throws on drives concluded at the circle… Which could have changed the outcome of a match which was played to one point . LeBron James only shot four free throws, including the 2+1 which allowed his team to come back to 108-107 two minutes from time. Previously, we actually saw him complain to the referees for contacts that were not whistled on several occasions.
LeBron James doesn’t shoot enough free throws
“I see LeBron recovering four free throws, compared to the number of times he attacked the rim, got hit on the arm, which I could see clearly, and no foul is called after that… He doesn’t flop. I see him going to the circle with strength”, regretted his coach Darvin Ham.
The King, for example, confided that he was hit in the face at another crucial moment of the game a minute from the end, after a dunk attempt on Thomas Bryant, whom he accused of having elbowed him.
« What they tell me does not correspond with what is happening on the ground,” he lamented. “When I went to the rim to attempt a dunk on Thomas Bryant, he clearly elbowed me, with his arm directly across my face. And I asked for an explanation. Well one of the referees told me that he was in the air, with his hands raised. Two others said they hadn’t seen it.
LeBron James responds to the NBA
What perhaps pushed the LA franchise to take action was seeing this case recur regularly at the start of the season since this is already the third time that he has shot four free throws or less in a match. In Denver during “Opening Night”, he only got one in 29 minutes of play, an extremely rare occurrence for him. Hoping that the little bit of pressure has passed with the league and its referees, the King will continue to hang on.
” I do not know what to say. I approach the referees respectfully to tell them what is happening on certain actions, but I continue to go to the line regularly, three or four times per match. Sometimes I don’t even go, which is weird.”
he added. “I just have to keep penetrating, putting pressure near the rim and see if it ends up turning around. But it’s clear that we had some difficult whistles in this match, and which didn’t go in our favor.”
This same LeBron then spoke after the NBA published its daily report on the refereeing, explaining that there had been no errors by the referees in the last two minutes of the Heat-Lakers meeting. “The match was not decided in the last two minutes” writes LeBron. “If you know basketball, things happen throughout the 1st, 2nd, 3rd quarter and in the first 10 minutes of the 4th that have a MAJOR impact on the results. »
LeBron James Percentage Rebounds Season Team MJ Min Shots 3pts LF Off Def Tot Pd Fte Int Bp Ct Pts 2003-04 CLE 79 40 41.7 29.0 75.4 1.3 4.2 5.5 5.9 1.9 1.7 3.5 0.7 20.9 2004-05 CLE 80 42 47.2 35.1 75.0 1.4 6.0 7.4 7.2 1.8 2.2 3.3 0.7 27.2 2005-06 CLE 79 43 48.0 33.5 73.8 1.0 6.1 7.0 6.6 2.3 1.6 3.3 0.8 31.4 2006-07 CLE 78 41 47.6 31.9 69 .8 1.1 5.7 6.7 6.0 2.2 1.6 3.2 0.7 27.3 2007-08 CLE 75 40 48.4 31.5 71.2 1.8 6.1 7.9 7.2 2.2 1.8 3.4 1.1 30.0 2008-09 ★ KEY 81 38 48.9 34.4 78.0 1.3 6.3 7.6 7.3 1.7 1.7 3.0 1.2 28.4 2009-10 ★ KEY 76 39 50.3 33.3 76.7 0.9 6.4 7.3 8.6 1.6 1.6 3.4 1.0 29.7 2010- 11 MIA 79 39 51.1 33.0 75.9 1.0 6.5 7.5 7.0 2.1 1.6 3.6 0.6 26.7 2011-12 ★ MIA 62 38 53.1 36.2 77.1 1.5 6.4 7.9 6.2 1.6 1.9 3.4 0.8 27.2 2012-13 ★ MIA 76 38 56.5 40.6 75.3 1.3 6.8 8.0 7.3 1.5 1.7 3.0 0.9 26.8 2013-14 MIA 77 38 56.7 37.9 75.0 1.1 5.9 6.9 6.3 1.6 1.6 3.5 0.3 27.1 2014-15 CLE 69 36 48.8 35.4 71.0 0.7 5 .3 6.0 7.4 2.0 1.6 3.9 0.7 25.3 2015-16 CLE 76 36 52.0 30.9 73.1 1.5 6.0 7.4 6.8 1.9 1.4 3.3 0.6 25.3 2016-17 CLE 74 38 54.8 36.3 67.4 1.3 7.3 8.6 8.7 1.8 1.2 4.1 0.6 26.4 2017-18 CLE 82 37 54.2 36.7 73.1 1.2 7.5 8.7 9.1 1.7 1.4 4.2 0.9 27.5 2018-19 LAL 55 35 51.0 33.9 66.5 1.0 7.4 8.5 8.3 1.7 1.3 3.6 0.6 27.4 2019-20 LAL 67 35 49.3 34.8 69.3 1.0 6.9 7.8 10.2 1.8 1.2 3.9 0.5 25.3 2020-21 LAL 45 33 51.3 36.5 69.8 0.6 7.0 7.7 7.8 1.6 1.1 3.7 0.6 25.0 2021- 22 LAL 56 37 52.4 35.9 75.6 1.1 7.1 8.2 6.2 2.2 1.3 3.5 1.1 30.3 2022-23 LAL 55 36 50.0 32.1 76.8 1.2 7.1 8.3 6.8 1.6 0.9 3.2 0.6 28.9 2023-24 LAL 7 36 56.1 32.5 65.0 0.4 8.0 8.4 5.9 1.7 1.6 4.3 1.1 25.3 Total 1427 38 50.5 34.5 73.5 1.2 6.3 7.5 7.3 1.8 1.5 3.5 0.8 27.2
How to read the stats? MJ = matches played; Min = Minutes; Shots = Successful shots / Attempted shots; 3pts = 3-points / 3-points attempted; LF = free throws made / free throws attempted; Off = offensive rebound; Def=defensive rebound; Tot = Total rebounds; Pd = assists; Fte: Personal fouls; Int = Intercepts; Bp = Lost balls; Ct: Against; Pts = Points.
2023-11-08 05:31:56
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