Game 72: Phoenix Suns (38-33) @ Los Angeles Lakers (35-37)

[Sunlight]

Which annoying me a lot in sport like NBA basketball is that when u see your most important player(Booker) acting like a fan of Lebron (who is not even in a game)and hugs him when u are 9 points down and should focusing to win this must win game. Not professional way to lead this team. This is just my opinion but it seems that winning is not as important to all players as it is to those who support and follow the team.

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Am I missing something? You're bashing Booker for briefly walking up to LeBron when a timeout is called?

In my eyes, it seems that Booker is not interested in winning the match, but prefers to have 4 minutes left in the game to make friends with Lebron, even if he should go to his own bench quickly to create the spirit to win the match. During the match, you have to be an enemy with the opponent and then shake hands after the game if necessary. The match was very important for the Suns to win and the defeat came. And before anyone takes it too seriously, I'm writing these silly things with a twinkle in my eye. I just wanted to point out the double standard of Booker's attitude when you see daily hate directed at Ayton and accusations that the team losses are due to Ayton's attitude problem. Which is ridiculous. For some reason, however, the Suns lost even though Ayton was gone and replaced by two very tough attitude players.

[Ghost of Kleine]

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This is ridiculous. The frustrating part is that they don’t even have Lebron. For a good amount of those games, AD missed, too. The officials rewarding a bunch of nobody’s for the Lakers is alarming.

I will say, a lot of the fouls called on the Suns yesterday were probably right but were not consistently called on the other end for us. The inconsistency of calls is what bothers me. If you’re going to call a ticky tac call on one end, it better be called for the other team, too.

I prefer to let most contact go. Whistles ruin the game. Fans don’t pay to watch officials. There were a ton of videos surfaced on Twitter of calls the Lakers did get, compared to the calls the Suns did not get. What a joke.


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This is why I tell people to remember that the NBA is still a business entity. And as such they'll have interests that they'll cater to ( prop up) the larger markets to promote/ sustain fan interest to feed revenue. In business, there are always underlying interests and will ( much like Vegas casinos) find ways to promote those interests. You just can't expect a multibillion dollar business entity to not rig or utilize an underlying system that generates/ secures greater profits.

[garrick]

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This is ridiculous. The frustrating part is that they don’t even have Lebron. For a good amount of those games, AD missed, too. The officials rewarding a bunch of nobody’s for the Lakers is alarming.

I will say, a lot of the fouls called on the Suns yesterday were probably right but were not consistently called on the other end for us. The inconsistency of calls is what bothers me. If you’re going to call a ticky tac call on one end, it better be called for the other team, too.

I prefer to let most contact go. Whistles ruin the game. Fans don’t pay to watch officials. There were a ton of videos surfaced on Twitter of calls the Lakers did get, compared to the calls the Suns did not get. What a joke.


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I don't think it's solely because of specific players I believe it also depends on the home crowd.

LA is probably the most popular basketball city that still has LBJ on it's roster so few NBA refs probably want to get booed by the crowd by calling too many fouls on the Lakers team. I guess getting booed by the Lakers home crowd is not as traumatic as getting booed by the Phoenix Suns home crowd?

[MrMiyagi]

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This is ridiculous. The frustrating part is that they don’t even have Lebron. For a good amount of those games, AD missed, too. The officials rewarding a bunch of nobody’s for the Lakers is alarming.

I will say, a lot of the fouls called on the Suns yesterday were probably right but were not consistently called on the other end for us. The inconsistency of calls is what bothers me. If you’re going to call a ticky tac call on one end, it better be called for the other team, too.

I prefer to let most contact go. Whistles ruin the game. Fans don’t pay to watch officials. There were a ton of videos surfaced on Twitter of calls the Lakers did get, compared to the calls the Suns did not get. What a joke.


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I don't think it's solely because of specific players I believe it also depends on the home crowd.

LA is probably the most popular basketball city that still has LBJ on it's roster so few NBA refs probably want to get booed by the crowd by calling too many fouls on the Lakers team. I guess getting booed by the Lakers home crowd is not as traumatic as getting booed by the Phoenix Suns home crowd?

I felt that the arena was fairly loud when Giannis was trucking Torrey Craig all night long, but maybe it hits different when Denzel is in the crowd.

[garrick]

This is ridiculous. The frustrating part is that they don’t even have Lebron. For a good amount of those games, AD missed, too. The officials rewarding a bunch of nobody’s for the Lakers is alarming.

I will say, a lot of the fouls called on the Suns yesterday were probably right but were not consistently called on the other end for us. The inconsistency of calls is what bothers me. If you’re going to call a ticky tac call on one end, it better be called for the other team, too.

I prefer to let most contact go. Whistles ruin the game. Fans don’t pay to watch officials. There were a ton of videos surfaced on Twitter of calls the Lakers did get, compared to the calls the Suns did not get. What a joke.


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I don't think it's solely because of specific players I believe it also depends on the home crowd.

LA is probably the most popular basketball city that still has LBJ on it's roster so few NBA refs probably want to get booed by the crowd by calling too many fouls on the Lakers team. I guess getting booed by the Lakers home crowd is not as traumatic as getting booed by the Phoenix Suns home crowd?

I felt that the arena was fairly loud when Giannis was trucking Torrey Craig all night long, but maybe it hits different when Denzel is in the crowd.

Definitely hurts more when you see Denzel yelling at you from the courtside seats.

[Slim Charless]

Old head NBA refs still don't like us for some reason maybe because CP3 and Book like to complain a lot and also some from Robert Sarver's reputation.

I don't doubt these refs get together after the games and bitch about certain teams and players which no doubt influences the way they call games.

I dont give a flying f about that. Call the mfing games fing fair. Or at least close to it, and no mf makeup calls in the end. F this.
How many fng games in a fng row now? Kings, GS, Bucks, OKC, fLakers? F this.
Also f Monty. If you can't get the fng job done then fng resign btch.

Here's a fun stat: Chris Paul averages almost 2 FTA less per game with the Suns then at any other point in his career. His FGA during that same time? Almost exactly the same.

Cp3 is playing exactly how he's always played and yet simply put isn't getting the same calls he has on any other team.

Something is just different here apparently.....

Second fun stat: Mikal Bridges has doubled his FTAs since leaving the Suns. He's gone from 3.2 a game to 6.3 a game since post all stat break.

Again. Things are different here apparently.

[Phystic]

Which annoying me a lot in sport like NBA basketball is that when u see your most important player(Booker) acting like a fan of Lebron (who is not even in a game)and hugs him when u are 9 points down and should focusing to win this must win game. Not professional way to lead this team. This is just my opinion but it seems that winning is not as important to all players as it is to those who support and follow the team.

Watch on YouTube

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Am I missing something? You're bashing Booker for briefly walking up to LeBron when a timeout is called?

In my eyes, it seems that Booker is not interested in winning the match, but prefers to have 4 minutes left in the game to make friends with Lebron, even if he should go to his own bench quickly to create the spirit to win the match. During the match, you have to be an enemy with the opponent and then shake hands after the game if necessary. The match was very important for the Suns to win and the defeat came. And before anyone takes it too seriously, I'm writing these silly things with a twinkle in my eye. I just wanted to point out the double standard of Booker's attitude when you see daily hate directed at Ayton and accusations that the team losses are due to Ayton's attitude problem. Which is ridiculous. For some reason, however, the Suns lost even though Ayton was gone and replaced by two very tough attitude players.

I mean, I guess you're allowed to have your opinion