“It’s tough every night when we don’t get to the free throw line as much as the other team. You want to compete and if every time they get the ball, we so-called foul them, and they get to the free throw line. It’s tough. I don’t know how to explain it man.” Anthony Edwards on the Lakers’ 29 FTs
by Mechaultima
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How is hard to explain? Anthony Davis swallowed their whole team (pause) and Lebron decided to drive to the rim through defenders not in position in the second half
Wolves vs Refs is the best rivalry this season.
Is there a fine tracker? Wolves must be in first place by a decent amount
i don’t know what you expected when you put naz reid and fucking luka garza on anthony davis
what having no center to guard ad does to a mf
Wolves shot 46 three pointers
Lakers shot 24
Why do they get more freethrows?!?!?!?!?
I didn’t see any egregious calls last night, but I did see Ant not running back on defense because he didn’t get a call or constantly complaining to the officials or shouting Ayyy every time he drove to the rim. He’s gotta do something about this. His only focus at times seems to be getting to the line. When he does not, he gets frustrated and forces shots or doesn’t get back on defense or yells at officials. It’s gotten pretty worse.
My goodness it’s every night with these guys
The bulk of the free throw disparity was AD getting hacked after grabbing an offensive rebound or getting deep into the paint.
I would imagine most people who actually watched the game thought it was reffed alright for the most part.
What do you expect when AD can literally camp out in the paint and grab 10 offensive rebounds and Lebron can just drive past NAW like it’s nothing?
Does he ever stop bitching about calls?
I hope he gets the Iverson treatment and his whistle gets worse. It’s the same song and dance after every loss with these clowns.
Wolves attempted twice as many 3s and got murdered on the boards.
The idea that a fairly called game should always have even numbers of free throws on both sides is just not how basketball works.
I’m all for shitting on the refs, but it’s important to only do it when they really fuck up, otherwise it just devalues the criticism. The refs were pretty decent in last nights game.
Okay but I’m really interested in that uniform requirements poster
Wolves would be 82-0 without the refs according to them
So the whole team’s identity is just to whine about conspiracy theories nonstop? First round exit will be glorious
Drink it Ant ! Drink it !
The suspense is killing me
Man cmon I want to like you.
This dudes routine about not being officiated fairly anytime they lose is getting old.
Maybe don’t go 10-29 and 2-9 from three before blaming the officiating?
I really, really despise this Lakers favoritism narrative. The Lakers live in the paint and don’t shoot many 3’s, there will always be a free throw disparity. Also no center against AD = hack city.
The wolves are a bunch of babies
I wonder if they realize they are 9th in FTA per game, 6th in FTA per 100 possessions
Their opponents are 14th
Now I do realize that free throw differential does not always prove that they are or aren’t getting a bad whistle
But the Timberwolves are acting the victim when they quite clearly aren’t
They out rebounded you by like 30 boards but it’s the refs? 😂
Man they’re so obsessed with the refs. No one can take personal responsibility anymore lol
Feel like at this point it’s getting in their heads, Finch needs to quiet the chatter
Just drink the Gatorade already, Ant!
this idea that free throws need to be even every single game is insane
The team shot 30 3’s it’s kinda hard to get fouls.
Did he ever drink the gatorade????
Whiny ass bitch ass team. Funny how last /each time a team complained it was AD vs no centre , this time same thing . Raptors warrior’s Timberwolves. Insufferable cos they know they just talking to get bettter calls n get idiot fan pressure . Ant dumbass should learn to read double teams before he loses in round 1.
Ant and complaining about the refs name a better duo. Like for real dude shut the fuck up no one’s out to get you
Completely off topic but it stressed me out how many times he almost took a sip of Gatorade and didn’t
They were chucking 3s and bludgeoning AD in the paint…this narrative is tired.
Why he holding the bottle like its a mic though. BRO JUST DRINK THE DAMN GATORADE
lol damn you know its rough when the entire thread is defending the refs in a game the Lakers (rightly) got more FTs
😢😭😭 stop crying bitch the game was in LA not minnesota you gonna get waxed on the first round anyway
Omg everybody stop bitching
Lol it was tied 92-92 and Lakers mostly scored the ball. We didnt win at the line, after the 92 tie we went 6-6 from the line and they went 4-4. Wolves lost by 11.
AD had 25 rebounds. Sounds like the Lakers were more aggressive than the Wolves.
Wolves rank 5th in free throw rate (0.276) and 17th in opponent free throw rate (0.252)… on average they get to the free throw line more than the other team every night.
Did he ever take a sip?
Holy shit just take a sip already. Like 17 times he was about to take a sip and then stopped.
Watched the game. However, how tf does he put the drink THAT close to his mouth, THAT many times without actually taking one drink during this entire clip???
The Wolves jacking up 3s all night might have something to do with that.
There were so many missed calls that went against the lakers too. Like the ball clearly being knocked oob by the wolves and bouncing off the fucking goalpost but they didn’t see it lol
I don’t understand the narrative that the fouls should be equal.
Lakers should’ve had more tbh, plenty of possessions ad and bron were straight up slapped, grabbed and pushed and they didn’t call it.
Are we going to have to hear a Wolves player bitch about the refs after every game? I guess they never lose a fair game lol.