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Well, that’s what happens when Austin Reaves is giving you a layup on 50% of your possessions

When deandre ayton is sitting in the paint that’s pretty likely to happen that man is afraid of kittens 

It’s funny how the teams in this series rank 7th and 8th with what the narrative is lol

You’d 100% think it was the opposite based on relative complaining about each series

It’s crazy how deranged people get with this team. Can’t appreciate greatness when it’s in front of them.

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How could the refs let this happen?

Gonna keep posting it until the mods stop deleting it or what?

r/NBA reading this like “lalalala I didn’t hear that!”

I was told the refs hate the Spurs

Refs tried to save the Lakers but OKC prevailed.

Its about how we get them

Knicks 22.6

Hack a Mitch don’t be counting.

It’s not how many they take ya dingus it’s how they get those.

This the third time I see this post. The first two being deleted by Mods 10 seconds in is so funny

Despite like 25% of their free throws being intentional fouls lmao

SHHHHH. that wont fly round these parts

Will mods actually not delete it this time or will they keep trying to control the narrative? Let’s find out! 

Edit: they deleted it again. Fucking 🤡 🤡 🤡 

How could the refs do this lmao

I swear ive seen this post like 5 times today

Also minor nitpick thing but i think the knicks is a tad inflated cause of the hack-a-mitch but it’d be dumb to not count it anyways

But spurs fans crying about free throws lol

Nah let them cope. Okc is just semi healthy unlike last year lmao.

They are obviously saving some FTA for times when okc needs them.

Doesn’t matter bro, everyone decided that OKC get every whistle.

It always happens with dominant teams. Same exact situation as when people kept saying the warriors were illegal screen merchants and that they got a favorable whistle.

But the Lakers having the second lowest should say ALOT

That’s why I was laughing at the Lakers complaints.The Lakers have had a historically great whistle the whole decade.They always finish top 3 in FTA’s & Least Fouls Called Against.I believe it was 2023 when they had a ridiculous +1100 from the FT line..Or something close to that.I just remember it being almost 3X more than the 2nd place team who was around +420.The Lakers have shot more FTA’s than every one of their opponents in a playoff series this decade.They’re the only team that can neutralize the Thunder’s whistle.

Hey that doesn’t fit the reddit agenda

Why are so many posts being deleted?

And OKC are ¹⁴⁄₁₆ for FTA per game in the playoffs.

It’s cause they can’t match the flopping of known Free throw merchant Mitchell Robinson.

Lmao SPURS averaging 10 more per game. UNWATCHABLE!!!

What does this stat look like when you look at individual players instead of the whole team?

It’s like when undertaker wins with a chokeslam

So its the numbers and not how they call it?

Now that’s ethical hoops

Think it’s because the lakers are allergic to defense

I’d wager if you researched this over a large dataset, you would find that closer series will usually have more free throws, while those that aren’t will have fewer. The Thunder just had two sweeps, when one team is that much better than the other, there just isn’t as much fouling.

What is with this trend of having a one sentence title that is immediately repeated twice in the very limited body of the post?

Nobody is intentionally fouling you when you’re up 15.

Brother, this shit doesn’t matter. Look at who you were playin, the extremely soft undermanned lakers. They don’t play tough defense whatsoever, they got reaves and ayton barely contesting shit out there. This doesn’t change a single narrative, you blew the doors off them 3 of 4 games. None of this series means anything

LA is soft af in the paint.

Noooooooooooo

Imagine that…

You can sweep the Lakers simply by playing quality basketball and not flopping (gasps) 🫢

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Spurs- 27.7

Can’t wait for this sub to watch a spurs game and realize Castle whistle is on par with Reaves whistle. No knock on Castle though, he seems like an elite player

they were `17th in the league in FTA and LAL 3rd lowest PF in the regular season.

Facts are facts

So does this mean that the moments I saw that were shit on didn’t happen or what?

Did you know you don’t get free throw attempts from mugging the opposing team without drawing a whistle?

they also rank 2nd last in personal fouls per game in the playoffs, despite playing an extremely physical style of defense. it’s almost like they benefit from the refs not calling fouls and the refs try not to be too blatant (they will slip up and call touch fouls and other bait antics for SGA though)

SGA shot 15 free throws last night

and somehow shai got 15 last night

When the game is over 10 mins into the 4th, there’s no reason to inflate free throw attempts by fouling at the end of games or by even getting into the bonus. This is a meaningless stat because a lot of free throws come from circumstances at the end of close games.

quantity of fouls =! quality of fouls I hope this helps

How many times do we have to have this argument watch the games it’s not about the total amount it’s about the way he gets them and the way his defense is allowed to play

They didn’t have to resort to flopping against LA

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Is this FTA per game ? OKC and LA finishing last would make sense as their series was quite lopsided and LA doesnt defend great to begin with.

If anything knicks and sixers finishing that high is surprising. Some of the attempts inflated by Hack a Robinson prob.

Let’s be real here: no one dislikes the Thunder because of the foul calls, that’s a thing that applies to every team. It’s because they win a ton, and like Denver or Boston before them, their fans think that means you MUST respect their team, and people don’t. We’re never gonna just say “y’all are great” and act like we’re happy about it, because lets be real, you’re insufferable, the same way all fanbases with championship teams are.

Whinging works, I guess.

Non stop thunder fans spamming stats that have nothing to do with flop boy’s behavior

The victim complex of OKC fans has become the most annoying part of Reddit.

You guys have the best team in the nba, just fucking enjoy it instead of crying cause people don’t like the way your team plays. Just take your rings and be happy.

Yall are so soft

Is this the famouse “changing the narrative” I so often hear about. It’s cool to see it in real time.

a) no one says it’s the whole team foul baiting. it’s mainly about shai. (as a percentage how many of those ft’s are mainly from shai?)

b) people feel like the okc defense gets away with way more than they should

Ethical. Hoops.

Still lead the league in flops per minute.

But I was told

OKC meth heads in full damage control for their insufferable “team” and fake MVP. Love to see it.