Whole Truth wrote:Kobeskillz wrote:Marrrcuss wrote:Interesting that the year at 26th plays into the excuse makers' reasoning
Dude stop bringing up stats! The Lakers get calls ok. That year they were 26th the refs didn't get the money in their account thats it. This clerical error that was corrected the following year.

Not sure what's funny.
Tell me. Didn't the Lakers yield the 8th pick to NO's in 21-22 draft ? Think being ranked 26th in FT's had anything to do with it ?.
Don't rookies generally not get the benefit of the doubt ? not in Reaves case though.
Happy coincidence going from bottom 8, 26th in FT's to losing Monk your 3rd best player for a rookie to WCF's & 1st in FT's ,with a rookie getting the respect not only to get but to generate calls with flopping, isn't it ?. I'm sure it can be explained away by Laker fans as a happy coincidence of a mere coaching change & better play not favorable calls & non calls, leading to favorable runs.
What a joke....I mean the lakers were awful in 2022 because the fit with Westbrook was awful and they were once again bad last year when they had Westbrook....Before Westbrook, the Lakers were one of the best teams in the league when LBJ and AD were healthy....It was a problem in 2022 too(for their health) and even last year....
For the free throws, the strategy of Ham is to protect the paint and that's one of the big reasons why the Lakers give so few free throws....The Bucks had the same strategy and same result when Ham was with the Bucks for the FTA by the opponents... I know it's hard for you to understand, but it's not that hard
Btw, the lakers had at least 3 losses in the same month last year with mistakes from the refs at the end of the games, even though the lakers were still in a hole in the standing and this year in the game against Dallas, they missed a illegal defense by the Mavs at the end of the game when the Lakers were down by only 1 point with under 10 seconds to play, so cry me a river!