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Re: Ringer: No, the Lakers’ Massive Free Throw Advantage Isn’t a Conspiracy 

Post#121 » by NbaAllDay » Fri Mar 29, 2024 5:58 am

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idk, bored I guess.


You must be bored a lot with the amount of times you post in these kinds of threads. To each their own I guess.

Targeted boredom.


Isn't it sad the League is trying to artificially make your boy the GOAT by giving his team the largest free throw margin two years in a row? He'll never be the GOAT though.


Sad was probably a more apt word to use over bored given that response. I'll let you be.
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Post#122 » by ChipotleWest » Fri Mar 29, 2024 6:00 am

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You must be bored a lot with the amount of times you post in these kinds of threads. To each their own I guess.

Targeted boredom.


Isn't it sad the League is trying to artificially make your boy the GOAT by giving his team the largest free throw margin two years in a row? He'll never be the GOAT though.


Sad was probably a more apt word to use over bored given that response. I'll let you be.


Seems you don't want to discuss the topic and you just want to get into some personal thing with me, that's trolling.

I'm asking you your thoughts about the actual topic, you're focused in on one word I said.
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Post#123 » by AussieCeltic » Fri Mar 29, 2024 6:02 am

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If you want to demonstrate it's "near impossible", do it correctly. I'm happy to listen. You point to the differential but you don't talk about offense and defense individually.

Show it's near impossible for them to be 2nd in opponent FTA/g.

Show it's near impossible for them to be 3rd in FTA/g.

At least start with just one of them, without mentioning the differential (which again, combines two unrelated statistics).


Say it without saying the thing that it is. The stat is differential my friend so I’m going to use the correct terminology. Anytime you try to handcuff someone with a response, you know you’ve lost. The stats are related my friend. One is for team A and the other is for team B in a head to head matchup, they are related.

The difference between 1st and 2nd in differential is the higher than the difference between 2nd and 30th.

Are you saying that is normal? If it’s normal, why hasn’t it ever happened in NBA history or any other sport for that matter? We’re looking at hundreds of thousands of examples throughout multiple sports across probably 100 years and there’s nothing like this.


I'm saying it doesn't matter if it's "normal" or abnormal or commonplace or rare. That's not enough to determine anything. Obviously this sort of differential is extremely uncommmon, although it has happened. You can laugh all you want at the Hornets example...but it happened. Their differential one season was MUCH higher (to the tune of +2.7ft) than either of the last two seasons the Lakers had. Their differential the season prior was a little lower than the Lakers' this season or last (+0.6 and +0.3). Combine the two seasons for each team and the Hornets had a significantly higher differential. Honestly though, don't care about the Hornets because they don't matter. I only have to bring them up when people claim biased officiating is the only way a team can have that high a differential. It's a red herring. Let's talk about the team we're talking about.


I'm looking at the actual reason for that differential. I'm pointing to their free throw attempts on offense and suggesting it's reasonable based on how they play, which it is. Likewise, I look at their opponent FTA and suggest it's reasonable based on how they play defense, which it is. I've talked about it ad nauseum.

If you thought it was "near impossible", you would easily be able to demonstrate how each of these are near impossible. But you can't, not even with one. You're unable or unwilling to have a basketball discussion about why this is happening. You'll point to anything except the actual drivers of the differential.

But just answer this question for starers: Do you think it's reasonable for them to be 3rd in FTA/g based on their players and their offensive strategy. Yes or no? And why? If no, where would you expect them to be based on how they play? We can talk about defense afterwards, or start with it if you want.


I’m on holidays so don’t have much time to go into it. But I’ve been referencing Lakers post Boston game number which is +10.25. The next best was +1.7.. a near +8.5 differential on the 2nd best team.

Hornets (2nd highest in NBA history) were +8.8 for the season with next best +5.5. A gap of +3.3 to #2 which is high but still reasonable.

They’re over +1000 in a 2 year span with the next best being +350. So yeh, there is a massive issue there.
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Re: Ringer: No, the Lakers’ Massive Free Throw Advantage Isn’t a Conspiracy 

Post#124 » by NyKnicks1714 » Fri Mar 29, 2024 6:23 am

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Say it without saying the thing that it is. The stat is differential my friend so I’m going to use the correct terminology. Anytime you try to handcuff someone with a response, you know you’ve lost. The stats are related my friend. One is for team A and the other is for team B in a head to head matchup, they are related.

The difference between 1st and 2nd in differential is the higher than the difference between 2nd and 30th.

Are you saying that is normal? If it’s normal, why hasn’t it ever happened in NBA history or any other sport for that matter? We’re looking at hundreds of thousands of examples throughout multiple sports across probably 100 years and there’s nothing like this.


I'm saying it doesn't matter if it's "normal" or abnormal or commonplace or rare. That's not enough to determine anything. Obviously this sort of differential is extremely uncommmon, although it has happened. You can laugh all you want at the Hornets example...but it happened. Their differential one season was MUCH higher (to the tune of +2.7ft) than either of the last two seasons the Lakers had. Their differential the season prior was a little lower than the Lakers' this season or last (+0.6 and +0.3). Combine the two seasons for each team and the Hornets had a significantly higher differential. Honestly though, don't care about the Hornets because they don't matter. I only have to bring them up when people claim biased officiating is the only way a team can have that high a differential. It's a red herring. Let's talk about the team we're talking about.


I'm looking at the actual reason for that differential. I'm pointing to their free throw attempts on offense and suggesting it's reasonable based on how they play, which it is. Likewise, I look at their opponent FTA and suggest it's reasonable based on how they play defense, which it is. I've talked about it ad nauseum.

If you thought it was "near impossible", you would easily be able to demonstrate how each of these are near impossible. But you can't, not even with one. You're unable or unwilling to have a basketball discussion about why this is happening. You'll point to anything except the actual drivers of the differential.

But just answer this question for starers: Do you think it's reasonable for them to be 3rd in FTA/g based on their players and their offensive strategy. Yes or no? And why? If no, where would you expect them to be based on how they play? We can talk about defense afterwards, or start with it if you want.


I’m on holidays so don’t have much time to go into it. But I’ve been referencing Lakers post Boston game number which is +10.25. The next best was +1.7.. a near +8.5 differential on the 2nd best team.

Hornets (2nd highest in NBA history) were +8.8 for the season with next best +5.5. A gap of +3.3 to #2 which is high but still reasonable.

They’re over +1000 in a 2 year span with the next best being +350. So yeh, there is a massive issue there.


So the Hornets had a gap of +3.3 to #2 which was "reasonable", but the Lakers have a gap of +3.1 to #2, which is "nearly impossible"...
Surely there's someone out there on your side of the argument who can do better than whatever this is.

You'll talk about literally anything besides how the Lakers play basketball. When someone responds with why the differential is the way it is, talking about actual basketball, you'll refuse to discuss it.

They're 3rd in FTA/g, 2nd in lowest opponent FTA/g. If you're saying the differential is nearly impossible, then either one or both of those positions have to be problematic. So which is it, and how? Otherwise you're telling me that they're both reasonable, but somehow when you combine them it becomes unreasonable.
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Re: Ringer: No, the Lakers’ Massive Free Throw Advantage Isn’t a Conspiracy 

Post#125 » by HotRocks34 » Fri Mar 29, 2024 6:26 am

Great job by Aussie in the thread and also kudos to Hornet for pointing out the Hack A Dwight issue that the Ringer writer seemed to miss.
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Post#126 » by FarBeyondDriven » Fri Mar 29, 2024 6:30 am

shocker, the media is circling the wagons for a Lebron led team. People ask why we still watch even though it's clearly rigged? Well, the same reason why I watched the WWF when I was a child. Because it's entertainment. Watching world-class athletes play a game I loved to play in a sport I used to love watching makes for great background noise. And despite it being delusional, there's a tiny part of me that thinks there's a 1% chance it's not rigged and my Kings will someday win a championship.
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Re: Ringer: No, the Lakers’ Massive Free Throw Advantage Isn’t a Conspiracy 

Post#127 » by oversteerdawg » Fri Mar 29, 2024 6:31 am

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No one said it's a coincidence. You're acting like FT differential is just some random thing; if it was, you'd have a great case. It's largely based on both their offensive and defensive game-plans, but I have yet to encounter a single person here who disagrees with me and is willing to actually get into that discussion.


So now you're saying it's just the Lakers play style to not only get free throws but prevent their opponent regardless of which other 29 teams they are from getting them? :lol:


It's exactly their strategy on defense (and honestly I don't even think it's a good one). Anyone who has watched them play a few times can see this. They minimize the number of FT's their opponents take but at the expense of giving their opponents more open looks at threes (and long twos) than most other teams do.

Not going to pretend to know more than Darvin Ham, but it hasn't proven to be a terribly successful strategy IMO. They're average to slightly below average on defense which seems to be about the minimum they can be with their personnel. A more conventional strategy would serve them better in my view.


Agree...challenging more aggressively would probably serve them better. You can literally hear Darvin Ham yelling "No Foul!" throughout their defensive possessions.
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Post#128 » by AussieCeltic » Fri Mar 29, 2024 6:36 am

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I'm saying it doesn't matter if it's "normal" or abnormal or commonplace or rare. That's not enough to determine anything. Obviously this sort of differential is extremely uncommmon, although it has happened. You can laugh all you want at the Hornets example...but it happened. Their differential one season was MUCH higher (to the tune of +2.7ft) than either of the last two seasons the Lakers had. Their differential the season prior was a little lower than the Lakers' this season or last (+0.6 and +0.3). Combine the two seasons for each team and the Hornets had a significantly higher differential. Honestly though, don't care about the Hornets because they don't matter. I only have to bring them up when people claim biased officiating is the only way a team can have that high a differential. It's a red herring. Let's talk about the team we're talking about.


I'm looking at the actual reason for that differential. I'm pointing to their free throw attempts on offense and suggesting it's reasonable based on how they play, which it is. Likewise, I look at their opponent FTA and suggest it's reasonable based on how they play defense, which it is. I've talked about it ad nauseum.

If you thought it was "near impossible", you would easily be able to demonstrate how each of these are near impossible. But you can't, not even with one. You're unable or unwilling to have a basketball discussion about why this is happening. You'll point to anything except the actual drivers of the differential.

But just answer this question for starers: Do you think it's reasonable for them to be 3rd in FTA/g based on their players and their offensive strategy. Yes or no? And why? If no, where would you expect them to be based on how they play? We can talk about defense afterwards, or start with it if you want.


I’m on holidays so don’t have much time to go into it. But I’ve been referencing Lakers post Boston game number which is +10.25. The next best was +1.7.. a near +8.5 differential on the 2nd best team.

Hornets (2nd highest in NBA history) were +8.8 for the season with next best +5.5. A gap of +3.3 to #2 which is high but still reasonable.

They’re over +1000 in a 2 year span with the next best being +350. So yeh, there is a massive issue there.


So the Hornets had a gap of +3.3 to #2 which was "reasonable", but the Lakers have a gap of +3.1 to #2, which is "nearly impossible"...
Surely there's someone out there on your side of the argument who can do better than whatever this is.

You'll talk about literally anything besides how the Lakers play basketball. When someone responds with why the differential is the way it is, talking about actual basketball, you'll refuse to discuss it.

They're 3rd in FTA/g, 2nd in lowest opponent FTA/g. If you're saying the differential is nearly impossible, then either one or both of those positions have to be problematic. So which is it, and how? Otherwise you're telling me that they're both reasonable, but somehow when you combine them it becomes unreasonable.


I mean are you reading what I’m saying? I’ve very clearly said POST Boston game last season where they went +10.25 and the next best is +1.7 in that span.

I’ve gone into detail about how they play basketball and I’ve been met with “Ham/Bud strategy is to not foul on defense”.

Ok, then why didn’t the Bucks have a high differential with better defenders across the board and a better player in Giannis to draw fouls?

Why is Lebron only averaging 1.2 fouls per 36 mins? Lowest of his career?
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Post#129 » by NyKnicks1714 » Fri Mar 29, 2024 6:36 am

HotRocks34 wrote:Great job by Aussie in the thread and also kudos to Hornet for pointing out the Hack A Dwight issue that the Ringer writer seemed to miss.


The Dwight thing isn't really a factor. They had Dwight, but his free throw rate that season was the 2nd lowest of his career and well below his career average. He shot 7.2 free throws a game, which is below his career average. Same with FTA/100 and FTA/36.

Any way you slice it, the Hornets had a massive FT differential over those two seasons (higher than the Lakers), especially 2018. But it doesn't matter. The poster you praise (aussieceltic) refuses to engage in any discussion about how the Lakers play basketball...which you know, is more important to the topic of their free throw disparity than other teams in other seasons are.
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Post#130 » by AussieCeltic » Fri Mar 29, 2024 6:39 am

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HotRocks34 wrote:Great job by Aussie in the thread and also kudos to Hornet for pointing out the Hack A Dwight issue that the Ringer writer seemed to miss.


The Dwight thing isn't really a factor. They had Dwight, but his free throw rate that season was the 2nd lowest of his career and well below his career average. He shot 7.2 free throws a game, which is below his career average. Same with FTA/100 and FTA/36.

Any way you slice it, the Hornets had a massive FT differential over those two seasons (higher than the Lakers), especially 2018. But it doesn't matter. The poster you praise (aussieceltic) refuses to engage in any discussion about how the Lakers play basketball...which you know, is more important to the topic of their free throw disparity than other teams in other seasons are.


Ok. Then what changed in their play style exactly after the date they played Boston and whinged to the league about the missed calls?

Also, the Lakers advantage post Boston game is the highest in league history. Thats the point where there was change and people are talking about. You keep using the full season and being disingenuous about it
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Post#131 » by ballzboyee » Fri Mar 29, 2024 6:40 am

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ballzboyee wrote:The Lakers have a +0.3 ppg differential to their opponents. Without their massive disparity in FTA which is basically the equivalent of having an extra player in 10-man rotation contributing off the bench that other teams do not have, they go from maybe play-in team to being in the hunt for a lottery pick.[[The reality is that the Lakers are really a bad team that is being carried by the league officiating. Without the refs intervening,the idea that Lebron is having some kind of on-court impact evaporates and the league loses one of its biggest regular season draws for ratings.

The arguments people cite to explain away the massive FT disparity are just circular reasoning, i.e. the reason Lakers foul less is the same reason they draw more fouls -- the refs and the league's agenda to prop on a 40-year-old AARP member no matter what. The Lakers are #1 in the league in FTA and their opponents are next to 29th in the league in drawing fouls against the Lakers. The only common denominators are the refs and the Lakers.

Circular reasoning, i.e. prove the refs are not biased toward the Lakers when the control the calls on both ends of the court. Short answer you can't because fouls are inherently subjective to the way the NBA enforces the rules to give certain players star treatment and regularly conducts point-of-emphasis tweaks to how they call games officiating certain plays, teams, and players. The NBA even admits to doing this. The FT disparity is totally smoking. Believe your lying eyes for once. It is what it looks like. Stop gaslighting yourself and just accept the law parsimony. The league is desperate to have the Lakers in the postseason. They may not care what happens after the Lakers get there, but they definitely want Lebron to be playing basketball after the end of the regular season.

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Circular reasoning (Latin: circulus in probando, "circle in proving";[1] also known as circular logic) is a logical fallacy in which the reasoner begins with what they are trying to end with.[2] Circular reasoning is not a formal logical fallacy, but a pragmatic defect in an argument whereby the premises are just as much in need of proof or evidence as the conclusion, and as a consequence the argument fails to persuade. Other ways to express this are that there is no reason to accept the premises unless one already believes the conclusion, or that the premises provide no independent ground or evidence for the conclusion.[3] Circular reasoning is closely related to begging the question, and in modern usage the two generally refer to the same thing.[4]


The fact that you only used circular logic (in short: "the Lakers have a high FT differential because the NBA wants them to win, which is proven by their high FT differential") in a post where you create a strawman and criticize the other side for using circular logic...it's just the cherry on top and perfectly encapsulates this thread.


How is it straw man to say that if the Laker's FT gap is not such a crazy statistical outlier and drops more in-line with league average then their season is tanked? That's mathematical fact. The Lakers are one of the bottom 8 teams in the league on defense. If they were giving up FTA's on parity, they would get run out of the gym. They are absolutely dependent on the refs bailing them out. It's a fact. Let's just take Austin Reaves, for example. On 281 fewer shots this season, Reaves has more FTA than all-star Paul George. :lol:
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Post#132 » by HotRocks34 » Fri Mar 29, 2024 6:51 am

What's sad is that the Ringer itself had an article about Hack A Dwight in 2017. It's here:

https://www.theringer.com/nba/2017/11/21/16683956/icymi-20171120



Hack A Dwight was happening in 2017-18. More here:

https://swarmandsting.com/2017/11/16/charlotte-hornets-dwight-howard-honeymoon-stage/

The “Hack-a-Howard” move from opposing coaches is starting to be used more.



Poor job by the Ringer which hurts the credibility of the article.

Howard led the team in FTA, and so if you are not talking about him and Hack A Dwight the article seems deceptive at worst and ignorant at best.

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Post#133 » by NyKnicks1714 » Fri Mar 29, 2024 6:52 am

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I’m on holidays so don’t have much time to go into it. But I’ve been referencing Lakers post Boston game number which is +10.25. The next best was +1.7.. a near +8.5 differential on the 2nd best team.

Hornets (2nd highest in NBA history) were +8.8 for the season with next best +5.5. A gap of +3.3 to #2 which is high but still reasonable.

They’re over +1000 in a 2 year span with the next best being +350. So yeh, there is a massive issue there.


So the Hornets had a gap of +3.3 to #2 which was "reasonable", but the Lakers have a gap of +3.1 to #2, which is "nearly impossible"...
Surely there's someone out there on your side of the argument who can do better than whatever this is.

You'll talk about literally anything besides how the Lakers play basketball. When someone responds with why the differential is the way it is, talking about actual basketball, you'll refuse to discuss it.

They're 3rd in FTA/g, 2nd in lowest opponent FTA/g. If you're saying the differential is nearly impossible, then either one or both of those positions have to be problematic. So which is it, and how? Otherwise you're telling me that they're both reasonable, but somehow when you combine them it becomes unreasonable.


I mean are you reading what I’m saying? I’ve very clearly said POST Boston game last season where they went +10.25 and the next best is +1.7 in that span.


You're quoting a post where I quoted you mentioning the gap in a 2 year span, which covers this season and pre-Boston game last season...and respond with "I've very clearly said POST Boston game last season", so yes I'm reading what you're saying but I don't think you know what you're saying. You're all over the place.

So you have no issue with their differential this season on it's own, and we're in agreement that it's reasonable? Are were purely just talking about the 30 game stretch to end the 2022-2023 season and in agreement that everything following is reasonable? You're dancing around and moving goalpoasts so much in this thread that I truly don't know. You also refuse to respond to 90% of what we're saying while everyone tries to address every point you're attempting to make. It's poor-faith debating.
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Post#134 » by HotRocks34 » Fri Mar 29, 2024 6:55 am

AussieCeltic wrote:Ok. Then what changed in their play style exactly after the date they played Boston and whinged to the league about the missed calls?

Also, the Lakers advantage post Boston game is the highest in league history. Thats the point where there was change and people are talking about. You keep using the full season and being disingenuous about it



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Post#135 » by AussieCeltic » Fri Mar 29, 2024 7:01 am

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So the Hornets had a gap of +3.3 to #2 which was "reasonable", but the Lakers have a gap of +3.1 to #2, which is "nearly impossible"...
Surely there's someone out there on your side of the argument who can do better than whatever this is.

You'll talk about literally anything besides how the Lakers play basketball. When someone responds with why the differential is the way it is, talking about actual basketball, you'll refuse to discuss it.

They're 3rd in FTA/g, 2nd in lowest opponent FTA/g. If you're saying the differential is nearly impossible, then either one or both of those positions have to be problematic. So which is it, and how? Otherwise you're telling me that they're both reasonable, but somehow when you combine them it becomes unreasonable.


I mean are you reading what I’m saying? I’ve very clearly said POST Boston game last season where they went +10.25 and the next best is +1.7 in that span.


You're quoting a post where I quoted you mentioning the gap in a 2 year span, which covers this season and pre-Boston game last season...and respond with "I've very clearly said POST Boston game last season", so yes I'm reading what you're saying but I don't think you know what you're saying. You're all over the place.

So you have no issue with their differential this season on it's own, and we're in agreement that it's reasonable? Are were purely just talking about the 30 game stretch to end the 2022-2023 season and in agreement that everything following is reasonable? You're dancing around and moving goalpoasts so much in this thread that I truly don't know. You also refuse to respond to 90% of what we're saying while everyone tries to address every point you're attempting to make. It's poor-faith debating.


I’ve never veered off track or changed the goal posts. I’ve very clearly always said post Boston game because there was a clear change and spike in differential at an historic rate.

There is a 30 page thread about it last season where I went into great detail about it.

So please answer my question. What changed in the Lakers play style post Boston game where some calls didn’t go their way and they complained directly to the league.

Because they went from a middle of the pack differential to the highest in league history overnight. I’ve said before in this very thread it’s down this season and at a more reasonable rate (even if it is double second best team). A +3 differential from 1st to 2nd is extremely high but resonanble. A +8.5 give or take from 1st to 2nd, is not reasonable.
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Post#136 » by WarriorGM » Fri Mar 29, 2024 7:06 am

All I know is in the Lakers-Warriors series last year there was some really lopsided free throw games where you had the likes of Dennis Schroder going to the line 10 times in one game leading the Lakers and 0 times in three other games.
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HotRocks34 wrote:Great job by Aussie in the thread and also kudos to Hornet for pointing out the Hack A Dwight issue that the Ringer writer seemed to miss.


The Dwight thing isn't really a factor. They had Dwight, but his free throw rate that season was the 2nd lowest of his career and well below his career average. He shot 7.2 free throws a game, which is below his career average. Same with FTA/100 and FTA/36.

Any way you slice it, the Hornets had a massive FT differential over those two seasons (higher than the Lakers), especially 2018. But it doesn't matter. The poster you praise (aussieceltic) refuses to engage in any discussion about how the Lakers play basketball...which you know, is more important to the topic of their free throw disparity than other teams in other seasons are.


Ok. Then what changed in their play style exactly after the date they played Boston and whinged to the league about the missed calls?

Also, the Lakers advantage post Boston game is the highest in league history. Thats the point where there was change and people are talking about. You keep using the full season and being disingenuous about it


Are you saying it was the highest differential over any 30 game stretch by any team in NBA history? Or are you just comparing it to whole season averages? There's a big difference there. But again, it doesn't matter.

You keep stressing how rare something is, but you're not providing evidence for your explanation of what caused said rarity. Let's pretend that it was indeed the highest FT differential over any 30-game stretch, which I don't know is true but might be.

Other people in this thread have talked about that stretch and why the Lakers had such a high differential. You were unconvinced by their arguments. Fine. Tell us yours. Lakers whined, Lakers had a massive FT differential over the next 30 games. We got that.Tell us how you know the officiating over those 30 games strongly favored the Lakers. Talk about the games themselves, not speculation as to the NBA's motives. Use basketball to support your argument. Simply repeating that it hasn't happened before tells us absolutely nothing as to why it happened.
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Re: Ringer: No, the Lakers’ Massive Free Throw Advantage Isn’t a Conspiracy 

Post#138 » by jkvonny » Fri Mar 29, 2024 7:10 am

xinxin wrote:Why are you guys even watching the NBA if the game is rigged for the lakers ?


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Maybe because some teams like the the Suns (2021 1st round) and Nuggets can still overcome it (2023 WCF)?
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Re: Ringer: No, the Lakers’ Massive Free Throw Advantage Isn’t a Conspiracy 

Post#139 » by BelgradeNugget » Fri Mar 29, 2024 8:35 am

AussieCeltic wrote:
NyKnicks1714 wrote:
AussieCeltic wrote:=
You really think someone has the time to go through each and every call of each game? Or can we use the statistics available to us and realise that it’s near impossible for this to be happening without some sort of interference.


If you want to demonstrate it's "near impossible", do it correctly. I'm happy to listen. You point to the differential but you don't talk about offense and defense individually.

Show it's near impossible for them to be 2nd in opponent FTA/g.

Show it's near impossible for them to be 3rd in FTA/g.

At least start with just one of them, without mentioning the differential (which again, combines two unrelated statistics).


Say it without saying the thing that it is. The stat is differential my friend so I’m going to use the correct terminology. Anytime you try to handcuff someone with a response, you know you’ve lost. The stats are related my friend. One is for team A and the other is for team B in a head to head matchup, they are related.

The difference between 1st and 2nd in differential is the higher than the difference between 2nd and 30th.

Are you saying that is normal? If it’s normal, why hasn’t it ever happened in NBA history or any other sport for that matter? We’re looking at hundreds of thousands of examples throughout multiple sports across probably 100 years and there’s nothing like this.


Maybe I can help since AussieCeltic is on holiday as he said.

A little comparison between LA Lakers and the champions Denver Nuggets shot profiles.

As we have seen here a lot of posters wrote that for teams to get a lot of FTA/g the most important thing is a number of shots in the paint, near the rim ect. The more shots you take near the rim, less 3s you take you will get more FTA. If you have a dominant player that can't be stopped without fouls better, right. So let's go

Teams touches in the paint per game

Denver 1st
Lakers 22nd

Points in the paint

Denver 6st
Lakers 2nd

FGA from less than 5ft

Denver 7th
Lakers 4th

Less 3s, more FTA, right. In 3PA

Denver 30th
Lakers 29th

Some may say that drives are what results in most contacts and FTs, and that Denver is last in drives per game. Fair
Drives per game

Denver 30th
Lakers 27th

And in the end
FTA per game

Denver 29th
Lakers 3rd

Nothing to see here right?
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Re: Ringer: No, the Lakers’ Massive Free Throw Advantage Isn’t a Conspiracy 

Post#140 » by KembaWalker » Fri Mar 29, 2024 10:35 am

Well,I went to sleep, woke up, and the Lakers fans still have no answer to why this effect started literally the day after the sleepless nights tweet. (After trying to lie and say it didn’t)

Incredibly embarrassing thread
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