LeBron James stared wide-eyed around him, pleading for a call that never came. Frustration overwhelming him, he crumpled to the floor of a raucous TD Garden, writes JovanBuha.
James acknowledged that his visceral reaction was due to emotions that have been brewing throughout the season — and the irritation from the calls seemingly leading directly to losses.
The Lakers still had a chance to win in overtime, but the Celtics raced out to six-point lead within the first minute as the Lakers were clearly still processing what had just happened. “You’re still thinking about that,” Davis said. “You’re not even supposed to be in that situation, to be honest. You’re not supposed to be playing overtime.”The Lakers have already communicated with the league, but with the officiating counting to occur, they’re not sure what the best course of action is moving forward.
The Lakers aren’t strangers to heartbreaking losses. They’ve been one of the league’s worst teams in crunch time this season, losing a dozen or so times in excruciating fashion. That’s what makes Saturday’s loss so difficult to accept. They werePerhaps if the Lakers had a better record, their reaction would’ve been milder to the blown call. But this is the type of loss that can come back to sting the Lakers in April when they’re jockeying for playoff and Play-In positioning.
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