The Lakers G2 was defeated by the Nuggets by 20 points and a whistle-beater. After the whistle blew at the end of the game, James was indignant and complained to the referee for nearly 5 minutes, accusing the referee of biased the decision in favor of the Nuggets, which led to the Lakers' final reversal loss.
In G2's post-game press conference, Russell and James, who were interviewed by the Lakers, once again explicitly and secretly pointed the blame for the team's loss to the referee's blowing problem, and both believed that their layups were fouled by the Nuggets. James' layup should have been blown and free throws, and Russell was hit in the head by Murray, even if the referees didn't escalate the foul level, Shuila should have got 2 free throws, but the Lakers got nothing. It was the referee's unfair blowing that led to the Lakers' final loss. As for the absolutely empty three-pointer that James threw away, no one mentioned it.
LATER, SKIP, WHO IS KNOWN AS THE NATION'S NO. 1 JAM BLACK, TALKED ABOUT THE LAKERS' LOSS IN A PODCAST EPISODE THAT WAS STREAMED LIVE WITH PIERCE. "The Lakers were reversed with a 20-point lead, and those two referees' post-game seemingly controversial decisions weren't the key to winning the game," skip said. G1 led by 12 points and G2 led by 20 points, and the Lakers did not hold on to the final score advantage, and instead of denouncing the referee's decision, the Lakers should review their own internal problems, and someone messed up the game. ”
SKIP THEN CHANGED THE SUBJECT, POINTING THE FINGER AT JAMES. SKIP CONTINUED: "AS WE ALL KNOW, THE LAKERS USED TO HAVE A LOT OF FREE THROW ADVANTAGES, AND THEY KNEW VERY WELL THAT THEY SHOULDN'T CHASE THE REFEREE ANYMORE. Relatively speaking, rather than talking about the referee's blows, I'd rather talk about James' brilliant open three-pointer that he missed in the final minute. If I'm not mistaken, if James had hit that three-pointer, the Lakers would have won the game. But James missed, just like the 2013 season of the Heat vs. Spurs finals G6, James missed the equalizing 3-pointer. The opportunity was given, but he didn't take it himself, he didn't hit that once-in-a-lifetime shot, and there was no defender in front of him 3 meters. He doesn't seem to have the genes to hit key balls in his blood. In that case, if you are Jordan, Kobe, and Magic, they will not be soft and will not miss the opportunity to win with one blow. ”
James should not use public opinion to force the responsibility of the defeat to the referee on duty, he needs to be like other supergiants such as Kobe Bryant and Duncan, bravely take the responsibility of throwing away the winning ball, and bear the consequences of the team's failure, instead of always trying to shirk it.
Some American fans responded to SKIP on the show, believing that the problem in the fourth quarter of the G2 Lakers collapse was James. Throughout the fourth quarter, full force Zhan came, he began the ball-holding core mode, a big package, one person almost monopolized all the ball of the Lakers, 5 offensive rounds in a row, James chose to play by himself. In the first three quarters, the hands were hot, and the two of them, who performed well, couldn't touch the ball at all, and gradually became spectators on the court. In the entire fourth quarter, thick eyebrows only got one shot, which is incomprehensible. In this Lakers team, thick eyebrows are the team's first offensive and defensive core, and if you don't give thick eyebrows the right to the ball, the Lakers will be tantamount to abandoning their martial arts, and defeat will be inevitable.
The series still has a chance, and being down 0-2 is not the end of the day. If James is willing to put down the shelf, be willing to do a good job of assisting the thick eyebrows, don't selfishly come out to grab credit, don't always want to fight for the team's victory, the Lakers definitely have the strength to continue to compete with the Nuggets, and it will be very difficult to reverse and win to advance to the next round, but it will never be as embarrassing as being swept 0-4 last season.