I don't know if some fans said yesterday that the referees helped the Lakers and failed to win G2, did they really watch the game? The Lakers were in a good situation of leading by 20 points, although there was a decline in their physical fitness and state, which led to being chased for points, but in the end, the referee helped the Nuggets again and again, which was definitely one of the important reasons for the Lakers' loss.
With this goal, Porter Jr. obviously hit Russell in the face. The referee gave a foul at the first time. But after the Nuggets challenged, the referee said "it was a slight contact", so it didn't count as a foul, and the ball was given to the Nuggets
Russell tweeted after the game: "That's a foul, we all saw it on TV. ”
All I can say is that Russell will only be fouled if he falls to the ground.
James was also furious after the game and directly criticized the referee for canceling the penalty. "To be honest, I don't understand what's going on in the replay center...... Russell was clearly slapped in the face during the attack. What the fuck are we going to do in the replay center? It doesn't make sense to me. It makes no sense to me. This bothers me. ”
As for James himself, in the last 57 seconds, the Lakers led by 2 points, when referee Curtis Blair blew James for this foul, and Lao Zhan also expressed his incomprehension. Then Murray hit both free throws, and the two sides came to a 97-all draw.
Immediately afterwards, James broke through and scored a layup, suspected of being hit on the head, jumped up and yelled, about to foul, but the referee ignored it. Back and forth, treat it differently.
Judging from the original video of the game, after Murray scored the game, James approached the referee Curtis Blair and asked him why it happened right in front of him, that is, not to give a foul, but the referee did not give any response.
In fact, Hamm could have applied for a challenge at that time, because he had 2 timeouts left in his hand at the time, and until the end of the game, there were 2 left. There is no reason not to challenge, even if the challenge fails, you can use the referee's review time to make the next offensive plan at that time, so that James thick eyebrows and other players can rest. But Hamm didn't.
Today, the NBA officially released the referee report for the last two minutes of yesterday's game, and there was only one missed decision, which was not good for the Lakers. In the final 1:53 of the game, Jokic defended 3 seconds, which was a missed judgment and should have given the Lakers a free throw.
The haze of loss hung over the Lakers, and at the post-game press conference, the reporter asked the thick eyebrows one last question: "Can you take us through the last round? I don't know if you were yelling at what happened at the time?"
Answer: "贾马尔穆雷投进了球。 ”
Then he threw the microphone on the table and turned away. Apparently the thick eyebrows were also angry.
Bushy eyebrows only had one shot in the fourth quarter and did not score. What's the problem?
Of course, we can accept that the Lakers lose, and of course we can accept that the Lakers' 20-point lead was reversed, but the loss under the pressure of the whistle and the repeated unfair treatment by the referee is really unacceptable.
Hamm said yesterday that the feeling of being beaten by 20 points was stinging. "Back in Los Angeles, remember that feeling, we need to make them feel that way at G3," he stressed. ”
Ham said the Lakers would play better than G2 next, and said that the Nuggets held serve at home, and now the Lakers need to go back to the home court and do the same, which is a 2-2 tie.
Russell left these two sentences on the podcast last night:
"I can't say what I want to say because I'm going to be fined and it's going to go viral. I'll just tell you I'm going to beat them up. ”
"We're going to win, don't give up on us. ”
Based on his two words, we must also do it to the end. I hope that the Lakers will be ashamed and brave, and the whole team will remember this moment yesterday. On Friday, G3, who returned to the home field, swore to fight to the death and must win.