The Lakers Should be 4 Seed Instead of 13

[Kiss of Death]

Watching the 2 teams (Lakers, Warriors) that literally have fake championships because of blatant crooked officiating complain about officiating really is amazing.

Since we are going back and revising final scores, congrats to the 2002 NBA champions Sacramento Kings and the 2018 NBA champions Houston Rockets.

[G_Misconduct]

Could, not should**

The refs have been a problem for a lot of years, sure. But teams that weren't on the short end of the stick are just now seeing what the other 25 squads have been dealing with

Zero sympathy for the Lakers and their stacked roster, they're under performing and are used to being coddled as ratings darlings

[KokoKaizer]

I remember a few years ago during the bubble playoffs when many Blazer fans were upset about the free throw discrepancy and Lakers ' fans said it was just part of the game. What has changed?

Lakers standing

[_AIJ_]

What's the point of this thread. You can say the same of every team and its standing. Every team has equal amounts of blown leads and bad calls. So much whining from a lot of you guys after last night. The Lakers are just not a good team. Your closing lineup includes Pat Bev, Shroeder, and Westbrook. They played really well and lost last night. Time to move on.

Exactly!

[Nate505]

If it wasn't for multiple blown games and missed calls from the refs late in the game, the Lakers would be at around 28 wins right now instead of 23. Here are some games that they've blown because of fluke plays at the end of the game. missed free throws, or HORRIFIC officiating:

Oct. 23 vs Portland - blew the game late
Nov. 11 vs Sacramento - blew the game late
Nov. 28 vs Indiana - fluke win by IND and buzzer beater by a rookie
Dec. 9 @ Philadelphia - Davis misses free throw with .3 left, lose in OT
Dec. 13 vs. Boston - Davis misses another free throw late
Dec. 23 vs Charlotte - LeBron loses his shoe on his way to an easy layup
Jan. 12 vs Dallas - LeBron gets fouled late in the game, no call
Jan. 15 vs. Philadelphia - another game they blew late
Jan. 28 @ Boston - no call on LeBron layup to win the game

That's 9 games that they should have won if it wasn't for fluke plays and horrific officiating. I'll give the league some benefit of the doubt because they stole the game vs. Memphis last week and probably should have lost to Miami without LeBron and AD, but they should probably be near 30 wins instead of a mediocre 23.

If they can somehow trade the Beverly contract with Lonnie Walker, Damian Jones and the '27 1st for a really good wing, this team can go far if the refs allow it.

Welp, the funny thing about this league that I learned over the past 35 years I've been watching, is that if you can't close out close games, you won't win them.

Crazy stuff I know.

[_AIJ_]

What's the point of this thread. You can say the same of every team and its standing.

Confirmed by the L2M report, in the last month lakers have had blown calls on the final play of the game that turned 3 wins into 3 losses including last night. Blown calls on the final play are the worst because don’t give you any chance at all to recover unlike mistakes during normal course of the game.

You sure you can say that about every team?

So what? Most of the teams had these issues in the final moments of the games and yet you dont see a thread about it

[bisme37]

Missed/bad calls are annoying but every team deals with this stuff over the course of the season. There's no way the league is conspiring to keep the Lakers out of the playoffs. Bron and LAL are their biggest ratings draws.

[_AIJ_]

The point of this thread is so that we will feel sorry for the lakers? I dont think so

[SNPA]

Missed/bad calls are annoying but every team deals with this stuff over the course of the season. There's no way the league is conspiring to keep the Lakers out of the playoffs. Bron and LAL are maybe their biggest ratings draws.

This.

Imagine what it’d be like if they were getting the small market treatment. One million articles. Minimum.

[Ni Da Ye]

Lakers should win championship every year.

[Phystic]

this thread going about how I expected

[levon]

Realistically if Rob Pelinka made the requisite moves to start the season, the Lakers would be a top 4 seed in this year's western conference, bad calls and injuries and all.

[Johnny Bball]

Or they could have lost the 4 games they won by 2 points or less and be even more terrible?

[KokoKaizer]

Lakers should win championship every year.

Exactly ! Casual Lakers fans never changed...

Sometimes, I feel like why having a RS and playoff games, just give the trophy to the Lakers, so the casuals (like Liam) can be proud

[TheLand13]

Buddy, the cavaliers would be the first seed if we went by this logic. What a pathetic thread.

[Rockazoids]

[OriginalRed]

Oh boo **** hoo, Lakers had plenty of chances to win some of those games even with the bad calls and they fumbled alot of them because they came out completely flat in OT. Bad calls happen to every team, it only appears to strike the Lakers the worst because almost every game they're in comes down to the wire where a missed/ball call is more glaring.

Seriously, is there any team that's been in more close games then them this season?

[Nate505]

The point of this thread is so that we will feel sorry for the lakers? I dont think so

I'm also missing the point of this thread. I guess it's that the Lakers would be much better if their crappy play down the stretch didn't cause them to lose games.

[tamaraw08]

WOW, I mean wow in terms of the many fans reaction to this thread. Geez, there there were a few impressive Laker wins that didn't even have any threads. Where did this thread started, really?
Having said that, I get what others are saying. Make the freaking FTs late, commit a foul when leading by 3 pts in the final possession. Play better defense, secure rebounds.

[topdaytrader]

w/o low IQ plays by Wesbrick late game, Lakers should have at least 10 more wins.