Davis: Losing a round can hurt us to lose the game

The Lakers beat the Rockets 119-117 at home to win three straight.

A rare scene occurred in the fourth quarter: with 2 minutes and 30 seconds left in the fourth quarter, the Lakers led 114-106, and Kent Bazemore steals Kevin Porter, who tactically fouled. The technical bench showed the Rockets five fouls in a single quarter, entering free throw time.

After Bazemore hit both free throws, the ball went to the Rockets, and the Lakers led 116-108.

However, the referee then found that the foul statistics on the technical desk were wrong, and the Rockets actually had only 4 fouls in a single quarter, so they deducted 2 points from Bazemore's free throw. But the strange thing is that because this round is over, the Lakers neither get the free throw nor can they get the ball back from that round, losing an offensive round in vain. The move also sparked dissatisfaction among Lakers coaches and players.

After the game, Anthony Davis said leBron James and coach Frank Vogel argued with the referee: "The technical table showed four team fouls, and that was the fifth, so Bazemore went to execute two free throws. Then they found out it was only the 4th foul and they deducted 2 points. But I, LeBron and the coach explained to the referee, 'Then we lost a round. It could hurt us to lose the game. They only say that there is nothing they can do about such incidents. Good thing it didn't hurt us. ”