How did the Suns-Lakers game go sideways?
Ron Wolfley and Mitch Vareldzis discuss the highly competitive game between the Phoenix Suns and Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday night at Mortgage Matchup Center.
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Hard to do your job when the refs are sucking the Lakers teet
Different rules for Lebron and the Lakers. Makes you question everything
I don’t understand how the league keeps getting away with it.
FT differences make sense. But for a team to have DOUBLE the amount is insane and should be looked at.
The legalization of sports gambling is the worst thing that has ever happened to sports. They opened the floodgates of corruption which can never be closed. We are witnessing the ruin of sports.
And Even if there isn't any "rigging" or fixing involved, it will always be a legitimate concern because of the pervasive and incestuous relationship between sports and sports gambling. It's truly awful
The worst part is, nobody can do anything about it…
Wolf….
Dillon "losing it" would have been swinging at LeBron in that instance.
What would you have done if a guy you had been going back and forth with all night, in a matchup that was not officiated with consistency (i.e. both LeBron and Dillon checked each other, but only one instance saw a technical get issued), and this player hits you and they don't call a foul? I remember Channing Frye going at KG when he nut tapped him and he apologized afterwards for cursing. It shows we're all human and capable of emotional volatility. So the fact that Dillon only did what he did should be a metric.
That's not on Dillon. That's on the refs for not doing their job properly. We're all human beings and it's natural to have an emotional reaction. He didn't say anything, didn't lay his hands on LeBron, he just got up in frustration and got in his face. You could tell he wasn't trying to do anything since he tried to grab LeBron to hold him up once he started to flop and sell it.
If players are supposed to show grace to officials when they make mistakes, then they not only need to do the same, but they need to understand context. What Dillon did was a normal reaction in the situation; a situation that would almost always result in a double tech once reviewed given the refs could see what irked Dillon.
And then Tyler Ford says they're allowed to review any action, establishing a rule that he only applied circumstantially. Just a disgraceful performance by the officials and that's where this frustration should be directed.
It's a healthy coping mechanism to take the stance of not blaming officials. But there are plays that both teams could have made in every game that would've swung the pendulum. But they didn't. Tyler Ford and company officiating the final minute and other high leverage situations with extreme inconsistency is what ultimately affected the outcome of this game. Everyone should be held accountable, including the officials.
Fakt 1: Wenn Brooks emotional wird, dann steigert es sogar seine Leistung. Er hätte die Suns fast zum Sieg geschossen. Er hätte auch noch einen Freiwurf bekommen müssen.
Fakt 2: Der Schiedsrichter war zu oft am Monitor. Im 2. Viertel war es extrem. Fakt 3: Die Lakers waren nicht gut und die Suns wegen der Tumulte chaotisch. Zu wenig Rebounds.
Hoffentlich kann Green endlich mal spielen. Ich würde Maluach bringen. Ich würde keinen Kuminga holen. Erstmal mit Williams und Gillespie verlängern. Dann im Frontcourt für mehr Gefahr sorgen ohne das Spiel zu verändern. Man verteidigt gut. Der Backcourt ist gut. Ich sehe aber auch wieso man Dennis Schröder haben will. Wie soll man aber dann spielen? Eigentlich müssten nur Oso und Ryan offensiv präsenter sein. 8-9 Punkte und 6-7 Rebounds. Das wäre schon ein Fortschritt.
People like you are weak ,man your a liberal coward, you can clearly see the ref's did this intentionally the ref's won the game for Las Vegas, I'll never watch your podcast again your a coward trying to call out Dillon brooks and defending the ref's…
I’m sorry being an Arizona sports fan is simply sad.. owners of these teams don’t prioritize their team or if not really don’t care for the culture…