Lakers beat Warriors in double overtime battle, but how about those refs?!
I'M BLAMING THE ZEBRAS (mostly).
The Golden State Warriors lost 145-144 in a double overtime thriller in Chase Center. It was an instant classic, as in it was another war between Stephen Curry (46 scintillating points including a ultra clutch bomb he hit that was seconds away from being a game winner) and LeBron James (36 points, 20 rebounds, and 12 assists, with the game winning free throws after Curry’s heroics).
I could VERY WELL nitpick many things that the Warriors didn’t do right in the clutch. But there are some things that make you go hmmm from a judicial stand point.
Like they called a foul on Steph in the closing moments of the fourth quarter because Anthony Davis dropped an elbow in his neck…?
Did you know Steph only had three free throws last night in a DOUBLE OVERTIME GAME?!
What about the shotclock mysteriously resetting to 14 seconds from 5 seconds after Draymond blocked Davis in overtime?
Or how about LeBron traveling his way into those game winning free throws?
Nah man. HELL TO THE NAH NAH. I give the Warriors free abscondence (is that a word?) from this defeat and I am officially protesting this primetime defeat with the league.
I think Steph and Klay Thompson’s interviews after the game were two of the most sobering and also entertaining ones of their careers. The Splash Bros have seen it all done it all, and they did it for Dub Nation. Seeing them in their “damn I love playing basketball but I’m a grown man multimillionaire being forced to answer questions by a bunch of journalists using my pain for storylines, what time are dinner reservations anyway” phase of life is hilarious.
Crazy times. Wellp, I’m sure most of the Bay’s attention is shifting over to this NFC Championship game between the San Francisco 49ers and the Detroit Lions, but before that game starts I wanna ask you HQ: Did the refs cost the Dubs this primetime battle against the Lakers or am I just sadly coping because the Warriors just haven’t proven they are that good this year.
LET ME KNOW, HAPPY SUNDAY!
Two minute report is laughable. “Incidental contact” for most lakers plays but curry “definitely fouls” AD on a rebound.
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