Lakers’ free throw discrepancy boils over in Raptors-Lakers + Kawhi’s $153M extension 👀 | NBA Today

Lakers’ free throw discrepancy boils over in Raptors-Lakers + Kawhi’s $153M extension 👀 | NBA Today

The Raptors they were in Los Angeles last night my friends nobody over 68 started for them and this proved to be a problem because Anthony Davis it was a recipe for him to just dominate so we’re going to pick this one up J in the fourth quarter here the Lakers down by

Five watch ad on this possession sets the screen rolls they’ve done such a great job of finding him as he’s slashing to the basket I mean this was it feels like his best game of the season but the reality is we also remember the inseason tournament taking

The right shot the big three and then just watch this again I mean LeBron James it’s hard to stop that duo because they are ferocious in the paint yeah LeBron James here pulls up for three it would be good he had 22 points 12 assists in this one but notice the score

The Raptors trading buckets with them at any given moment and then Anthony Davis here elevates Emanuel quickley he was called for the foul on this one let’s take a look at it one more time sneaky foul will be his sixth foul he says you know what that’s a bad call man and then

40 to play here the Lakers another foul finish Davis in the an one but look again Raptor players clearly not happy with the call and then a minute to play here the Raptors down by one Scotty Barnes with Drive bad idea can’t get the foul called though there was a whole lot

Of contact there no foul was called there and then on the other end past Al sakam he will be called for the foul on Anthony Davis was a mismatch for the entire team I know typically we say heart over height well that did not apply for ad last night well why are we

Highlighting RJ Barrett here well because this three from Scotty Barnes would be wiped away because RJ Barrett is called for the offensive foul on the moving screen there they can’t believe it Raptor players just in disbelief here Darko rakovich not happy we’re going to hear more from him a little bit later

Just take another look at this it seemed like it was you know in the natural flow of the game but yeah Bob Brian send it the Lakers they go on to win 132 131 in this one Anthony Davis though he had his fingerprints all over this he showed up

For Los Angeles in a big way he’s the first player for the Lakers since Shaq in 2003 with a game of 40 points 10 boards and making over 75% of his shots and while Davis was a focal point right for the Lakers win another key was the

Ability to get to the line especially late in the game just look at the free throw breakdown here in the fourth quarter 23 to two so it’s safe to say that Raptor’s head coach Darko rakovich he had some thoughts on this one that’s outrageous what happened tonight this is completely BS this is

Shame shame for the referees shame for the league to allow this 23 free throws for them and we get two free throws in in a fourth quarter like how to play the game I all I understand uh respect for all stars and all of that but we have

Star players on our team as well how’s possible as Scotty Barnes who is Allstar caliber player in this league he goes every single time to the rim with Force trying to get get to to the rim without flopping and and not trying to get foul

Calls he gets two uh free throws for a whole game how is that possible how you going to explain that that to me they had to win tonight if that’s if that’s the case just let us know so we don’t show up for the game just give them a

Win but that that was not fair tonight and this is not happening first time for us what’s happening over here during whole season I’ve been holding it back it’s a complete crap I mean I raised Darko right I raised Darko he when he first started

When he first came over to the NBA he was assistant with the Oklahoma City Thunder this is your he hasn’t changed I mean the feting besides the fine that is undoubtedly coming dark way he got his money worth man Brian what was your reaction to that okay so there there’s

Some stuff going on here uh first off the lead official in this game is Ben was Ben Taylor Ben Taylor was the referee you may remember the Raptors fans I don’t have to remind them was the referee that Fred Van v called out by name last season uh because he felt that

He was being unfair to him he had called a number of technicals he got $30,000 fine so whenever the Raptors see Ben Taylor on the crew they’re already on edge secondly Scotty Barnes hasn’t been getting foul calls for much of the year he’s only had two free throws in the

Last three games so this I think has been boiling and then you look at all these calls but I will say this the Lakers lead the NBA in free throw differential every night virtually they get more free throws than their opponent so you have a series of things going up

And then of course some of these calls that did seem like a flop in Anthony Davis we didn’t have the Highlight Austin Reeves had a had a foul where it was a very late call when you actually look at it it wasn’t Ben Taylor blowing the whistle on all these but because Ben

Taylor was on the crew I think they were on edge from the start and the way the fourth quarter went set Darko off I mean it was Darko game plan he decided to go see eight across the board and disrespect Anthony I get it but what what you

Thought was going to happen right ad took took advantage of what he had to do I’m just tired of all the crying everybody’s crying about officials every single night it’s it’s exactly as Brian described it and and you’re right perk with a smaller lineup but I think especially when teams come to La

Organizations not just players but uh front offices coaching staffs they’re all predisposed to believe that the Lakers are going to get a better whistle than everybody else uh because that’s what the league wants it goes back to David Stern saying what’s your ideal finals and he said Lakers versus the

Lakers and that’s existed for a long time in this league and then you add LeBron James to that team and so that mindset exists and then so when all this is happening you get that kind of reaction from a team yeah I think to summarize the Raptor’s point of view one

Of my favorite books a series of unfortunate events that happened especially in that fourth quarter but to me the story of the game was Anthony Davis I mean we are a month removed from the End season tournament where he dropped 40 and 20 and what did he do

Last night my goodness this is the Anthony Davis that we have been waiting for now let me go more specific this is the Anthony Davis that LeBron James has been waiting for as well the reason why they extended him the reason why they hoped he’d play at this caliber and this

Is why Lebron James said he is the face of our franchise he was manifesting these types of performances 13 for 17 from the field in the fourth quarter did not Wilt did not complain just kept going at them when you play 68 and Below he has to be a and that’s exactly what

He was I love that he didn’t force any of his shots he went right through the defense he knocked down the three when necessary the Lakers have found a small formula that can help them their starting lineup was a little bit more balanc they’re getting more offense Off

The Bench with DLo and also Christian Wood and overall I mean they competed like there were points where the Raptors hit some daggers and they went right back at them so overall Anthony Davis has really emerged to be like the heart and soul and beats of this Lakers

Clipper star kawh Leonard has signed a three-year $53 million extension to stay with the team through 2027 W reports the Clippers they’re set to open a new Arena remember next season and now they have the face of their franchise committed to help them in this new era so w kawh

Though he’s been eligible to sign since the summer why did they decide to do this now uh this is huge huge for the Clippers who wanted to get some certainty moving forward uh what these extensions would look like what it would cost them to resign Kawhi Leonard and

Then potten Paul George and of course now you know they can do James Harden in the off season but they were certainly at the very Apex of League payrolls in LA and with the new salary cap that second apron they’ve got to bring those numbers down and they were not going to

Be a they were not going to do a Max extension with Kawhi Leonard they get him now below the Max and now the talks with Paul George those are ongoing those will continue uh but I think what the Clippers are trying to do is get these contracts locked in with then an ability

To be able to put players around them uh that that can help them win a championship you’re going to see this more and more in extensions especially with players in their 30s and certainly with the injury history that we’ve had uh especially with kawii Leonard uh massive for the Clippers to get this

Done but they’ve got to get Paul George done those talks will continue and uh James Harden that’s one they can’t do until the off season but certainly that has been a great partnership he wanted to be in LA think there’s a lot of optimism they’ll figure out a way uh but

Then it allows this team again uh to be able to go forward and not be in salary cap hell where you just don’t have a Supporting Cast around your roster you don’t want it to look like what the Phoenix Suns do right now so the fact that kawhai signed is important the

Details that W brought us about the terms of the extension are most important and the reason is he had one year left on his contract with a player option he could have been a free agent this summer but what he really did was only had two years years to his contract

He added two years and both of those years while it’s big money like w says it’s 50 million a year it’s below the max so he is taking only two New Years below the max that sets the stage for the negotiations with Paul George and with James Harden now Harden can’t

Extend during the season it’s against the rules under anything but it sets the terms for which they’re going to talk you know Paul George’s contracts and kawi’s contracts have been the same when Paul came to the to to the Clippers was with Kawai when they extended last time

They did it basically at the same time this sets the the terms for their negotiations going forward a banner day for the Clippers not only to compete for Championship this year perk but to compete into the future I think this opens a nice window into the future oh

It’s no future it’s no future the look the Clippers have to win now the Clippers have to win the championship now and this is why I say it right one we don’t know what’s going to happen with tou I understand he still have another year but we don’t know how he

Feels about the situation we don’t know what James Harden mindset is at he left Philly because he wanted Max dollas right because he quote unquote said that Daryl Mo promised him Max dollars we don’t know what’s going to happen and here’s why I say the Clippers have to

Win now while the Clippers have won they think they won by signing Kawai to under a max deal Kawai won as well we don’t know what his status going to be with his health every single season in the postseason something that’s he’s playing awesome now he’s playing

They would had trouble listen to me stay with me he was playing great last postseason I picked the Clippers to beat the Suns in the first round and then he went out how much cage do he have in those needs how long do he have the fact

That they got this he wanted to secure the bag Hey listen I get itad Contract while he was playing the best basketball te been the Clipper is a huge victory for the Clipper and he could have pushed for more I mean he could have been harder to deal with in

This situation but going under the Maxes you outlined is most listen again I think the Clippers think there was for them they didn’t feel they could they could put a championship team on the floor if they’re going to Ma just do two new Max contracts with these players

It’s not feasible I think there’s a part of the Clippers as an organization they were ready we will reboot this if we have to now you gave up a lot for James Harden what the Clippers knew and what Paul George and Kawhi Leonard and now James Harden these guys all wanted to be

In LA and they’re from LA and they want to play together and they’re seeing it finally work and so it’s always a negotiation and tyo listen we’re talking about luxury tax and second apron and a lot of financial issues that constrain a roster there’s no constraints on tyoo uh

And his next deal you just saw that in Miami last night Ty get Hawai extended and when that when that hit I can’t I wanted to see Tao’s face when he saw that and I know tyo sees W tweets when he saw W report that spoler contract well well

Number one well number one Ty is not tyou is not on Twitter second of all his face lit up when he saw money Williams when he saw money Williams but listen tyou wants to win he’s got the opportunity now with this group healthy and playing together I think he’s like

You don’t take tyo for granted but this is what he’s wanted I don’t think it’s going to be hard to part [Applause] [Applause] p

On NBA Today, Kendrick Perkins, Brian Windhorst, Adrian Wojnarowski and Chiney Ogwumike join Malika Andrews to review Toronto Raptors’ head coach Darko Rajakovic’s passionate rant directed towards the officiating between the Raptors and the Los Angeles Lakers before speaking on Kawhi Leonard’s 3-year/$153M contract extension.

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