They huddled around him for warmth moreso than fouling him 

Not sure why our guys were that upset. If you want the whistle, you gotta make it way more obvious.

LeBron inbound passes in clutch are crazy

Did they actually try to foul him? Looked like they were trying to prevent a pass

Lakers should stop having LeBron pass inbound. Let Luka or AR do it.

Clippers try to foul him

I see MrBuckBuck can’t even watch the clips he posts, there was literally 0 foul attempts

why force it to Luka? Reaves was there and the angle was better. and he probably would hit his FTs too

I would personally pay JJ to stop allowing Bron to inbound the ball in high pressure situations 

Nico with the heads up play. Would have been incredible if he hit that 3

When did clippers try to foul? Dunn had 5 fouls he’s clearly not trying to foul

I mean, foul him then… Jesus.

People always complain about the lakers getting whistles and now they’re mad they didn’t get one?

What happened to “wrap him up”? You’re not trying to sneak one past the refs, boys. Give him a hug.

Just got bulls flashbacks 💀

“Floor seats, Crypto, I got my tool in. Fourth quarter yellin’ “Why the fuck Batum in?”

Lebrons age really showed this game

If you depending on batum bro lol

Idk. Did they even touch him?

If you been watching the lakers last 3 or so years u would know LeBron actually not great at inbounding the ball or decision making in the clutch.

Another clutch time inbounds pass fuckup by Bron.

Courtside, Crypto I got my tool in

4th quarter yelling why tf Batum in (nice steal but mby not the best shot)

Additionally; this game is actually at Crypto, where the Clippers now only play 2 games a season vs 41 when that song dropped

If they trapped a player in the second quarter like this they would be upset if a foul was called.

So what exactly happened there?

Seems like terrible play design with Luka just trying to seal a guy with Batum’s size for a cross court inbound pass with bad space so other defenders not far away either

And then what is LeBron thinking throwing that pass where he placed it? He didn’t try to lead Luka away from Batum at all

And then wtf is Luka doing? Did he not think he’d be receiving a pass? He’s barely trying to get Batum on his hip to secure the ball until it’s too late

All around bizarre play

4th quarter yelling why tf batum in

Why are we throwing lob passes to the only guy on the floor that won’t make the effort to even fight for it?

In a league where you can’t even breathe on guys like SGA without being called for a foul, it’s hilarious when they can’t get whistled even when they try to. 😂

They tanked the game

And LeBron wasnt fouled

Ty lue pulled out kawhi when he had 31. Kawhi visibly upset and left

That’s on Luka for not making more effort to get the ball. He said it himself.

But y’all gonna argue anyways lol

So game ends with one team upset about the whistle…. first time meme

The Clippers should have called foul instead of trying to steal.

LeEndofGame

CANT SAY THE REFS WERE INCONSISTENT.

So they had a timeout, lowkey plenty of time on the clock and decided that a Batum 3 was the play? Wtf? Even if he scores, that leaves Lakers plenty of time with a timeout to get a buzzerbeater. Am i missing something?

Le Legendary Whistle.

Mr Triple Single misses a 3 pointer.

Tonight was only the second time the Lakers have been fully healthy, since LeBron got there.

Teams shouldn’t get bailed out by the refs calling a foul as soon as any contact is made. Need more if this at every level.

Maybe this is a stupid question, but does LeBron have to wait for the ball to be touched before he can enter the court?

I know there are the 5head inbounds where you just throw the ball at a defenders back as a way to pass it to yourself.

Bron was admiring the fk outta his inbound pass. lmao

I don’t know why they don’t just make extremely obvious hacks or grabs whenever it comes down to these situations

They had a chance with the 3 and they missed

bruh. when they showed the replay there ACTUALLY wasnt a foul. LOOOL good reffing

I mean they would have lost either way lol

LeJabariSmith

Aren’t they supposed to be tanking?

it was an important inbound and yet the lakers on the floor didn’t run any screens to get either luka or AR free to receive the pass?! that only increases the chances for an interception as defenders were allowed to stick close to their assigned person, right?

I had no idea batum was still playing. Had him in my fantasy over a decade ago it seems

to be fair, clippers were gonna lose anyway.

That wasn’t a foul. That’s just the clippers clippin 😂😂😂😂

Good, I don’t need the last three seconds stretched out over 10 minutes.

LeBailedOut

thats what they get when they get away a lot of fouling. KARMA!

Dude played like he was fixing a game

Someone should’ve just blatantly grabbed him or put his hand on his body, at this stage of the game that’s always called a foul just so they don’t go hard when fouling in the last min.

I didn’t see any of that honestly, they seemed more interested on stealing the ball or the pass. And also, the odds of them getting 4-5 points in that time frame without fouling more are almost null (yea TMac did it, but it only happened once, that’s why everybody remembers it, or the crash last years the Lakers had in like 3 possessions in a row to lose a game)

That’s sports perverted - being upset that there’s no foul called. Fouling shouldn’t be rewarded in any way.

This is why NBA ratings are down

EZ

The one singular time you don’t get a whistle for breathing too close to James. How odd.

Even if a foul were called it wouldnt have made a difference. Lebron would get at least one of two and it’s gg.

In the very unlikely event that he misses both, the Lakers would decimate the undermanned Clippers in overtime.

Who cares if they were upset, Flippers got away with fouls all night

Are we sure Ballmer and Aspiration aren’t paying off refs?

Refs when the clips are actively trying to avoid fouling: “foul on a flailing Luka/Reaves”

Refs when the Clippers need to intentionally foul: 🧑‍🦯🧑‍🦯

This must be that really high basketball iq LeBron keeps telling us that he has.

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