OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Lakers coach JJ Redick criticized the way in which LeBron James is officiated and guard Austin Reaves complained about remedy from the referees after Los Angeles misplaced 125-107 to the Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder on Thursday evening.
A lot of Lakers gamers gathered across the referees at midcourt after the sport and Reaves voiced his frustration to crew chief John Goble. He felt that whereas gamers had been jockeying for place throughout a leap ball through the recreation, Goble crossed the road.
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“On the finish of the day, we’re grown males and I simply didn’t really feel like he wanted to yell in my face like that,” Reaves mentioned. “I informed him that. I wasn’t disrespectful. I informed him if I did that to him first, I might’ve gotten a tech. I really feel like the one cause I didn’t get a tech was as a result of he knew he was within the incorrect. I felt disrespected.”
Reaves, Marcus Good and Jaxson Hayes all completed with 5 fouls. The Thunder took 26 free throws to 21 for the Lakers. The loss sends Los Angeles residence going through a 2-0 deficit heading into Recreation 3 on Saturday.
Redick would not suppose a crew with the No. 1 seed and the reigning MVP in Shai Gilgeous-Alexander wants additional assist from the officers.
“They’re onerous sufficient to play,” Redick mentioned. “They’re onerous to play, and also you’ve obtained to have the ability to simply name them. They foul. They do foul.”
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James, nonetheless efficient at attacking the rim at age 41, has tried simply 5 throws in two video games within the collection.
“LeBron has the worst whistle of any star participant I’ve ever seen. The smaller guys, as a result of they are often theatric, they usually draw extra fouls, and the larger gamers which are constructed like LeBron, it’s onerous for them,” Redick mentioned. “They get clobbered, and he obtained clobbered once more tonight a bunch.”
On a number of events, Lakers gamers had been incredulous after calls — or no-calls — from the crew. Whereas the Lakers talked to the officers throughout and after the sport, the Thunder gamers stayed calm. Redick believes which may have helped them.
“I feel a few of the cause that they’re officiated the way in which they’re is as a result of they don’t present emotion,” Redick mentioned. “And that’s a credit score to them. I imply, they actually take the emotion out of the sport. They’re tremendous tight-knit. They don’t complain to the officers, and possibly they’re the beneficiaries of that, I don’t know.”
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