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> Nuggets took 6 free throws tonight. Just the third time in NBA history a team has won a playoff game with 6 or fewer FTA, per @Stathead.
[From 4/18/2024:](https://x.com/tomhaberstroh/status/1780957363144622490?s=46&t=hdMYR5VNI3D4hupTVErxeg)
> The Lakers’ free-throw differential of +507 is so large it’s twice the size of the next-highest team.
>That edge is carrying LeBron and company this season.
by lopea182
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LA refs did their part
refs tried their hardest to give it to the Lakers
The refs tried to make it 8v5, but luckily we have D Lo so it’s only 7v6
Nuggets take the least amount of free throws already, this is not very surprising. Not saying they shouldn’t get more but this is very expected for them
Refs did their job, Lakers just not good enough.
Jokic scored 32 btw. Imagine if he actually got the whistle treatment.
Even the refs carrying couldn’t get Bron the W, sadly.
https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/s/XFGf7ScenJ
Xd
The Nuggets are officially ref-proof.
When LeBron gets tired in the 4th, the whistle kicks in to try to keep the Lakers in it
Ref’s to the Lakers after the game: You f’n bums! We handed you the game, and you threw it!
Lakers have had more free throws than the Nuggets in their past 9 matchups in a row, at least.
If this game isn’t proof that the refs are helping the Lakers, that the league is pushing the Lakers, I don’t know what it is.
I hear Lakers fans sobbing in the distance. 😥😢😥😢
Fantastic feeling 😀
Lakers getting their ass beat by the Nuggets even with the FT differential in their favour is hilarious.
LA is so fucking annoying because of the refs man. They’re always helping them.
I don’t care so much about the LeBron and Davis soft whistles, at least they’re driving into the paint and getting hit. Fucking Austin Reeves and his shoulder charges getting blown as defensive fouls is infuriating. I’ve never seen such utter middery get rewarded so often.
“If you actually watched the game….”
Lol
Lakers free throws disparity should be investigated.
Refs can’t win with these cats
In the 2023-2024 regular season, in terms of 3point attempts per game, the ranking of Lakers and Nuggets are:
29th: Nuggets
30th: Lakers
In THEORY, they should both be attempting a lot of freethrows in their series as they both don’t shoot not so many 3pointers as a team ANNNNNND historically, the more 2point attempts a team has, the higher the freethrow attempts per game is too (Note: the lone anomaly is the 2017-2019 Rockets where they led the league in 3pt attempts but also in FT attempts thanks to Harden)
Definitely a surprising statline to know that the Nuggets had just 6 freethrow attempts in tonight’s game .
Ball don’t lie I guess?
6 Free Throws with Home Court advantage to be precise
Lakers about to get 30 FT at Crypto Arena
Lakers FT’s last year through the playoffs:
– Lakers 107, Nuggets 81
– Lakers 130, Grizzlies 115
– Lakers 160, Warriors 80
Nuggets won with 6 FT’s tonight to Lakers 19. Insane executing by Nuggets in the face of blatant reffing adversity.
This will continue and fuck the Nuggets over in a close game. That’s the sad part
Refs tried, but couldn’t make it too obvious
Watching the Lakers absolutely maul the shit out of Jokic all game with no calls while clean strips of Anthony Davis got whistled and free throws given was laughable, but sadly totally expected. Twat ass Lakers fans actually try to argue their teams ft differential is due to play style while 29 other fanbases watch their bitch ass players commit war crimes while the refs look the other way
death, taxes and you know who shooting twice or three times the # of free throws
Having the league in your back pocket and being this bad is bonkers.
Jokic is Adam Silvera father
Tonight, the Nuggets became the first team in NBA history to beat a single opponent in nine straight games, despite taking at least four fewer free throw attempts in every game of the streak.
Denver has taken 130 free throw attempts over that winning streak to the Lakers’ 204.
Lakers fans still trying to convince themselves that they’re not the most coddled team in the league
Expect a +20-25 FT differential in game 2 to try and keep it close. Lakers stars played big minutes at altitude so they won’t be as effective and the NBA will be telling the refs to boost Lebron as much as possible. I expect at least 1 technical in game 2 from either Malone or Jokic when the refs show their jerseys. It’s going to be a really hard game 5v8.
Jamal Murray had 0 FTA. Jokic had 2 FTA. Both lived int het paint
This is why you don’t want to face Lakers in the play offs.
Refs looking at Lakers, “We can’t win with these dudes.”
AD had his arm around Jokic’s waste so much I thought he was trying to ask him to prom.
Lakers are a lottery team the last couple years without the free throws
players who attempted as many FT as the entire Nuggets team tonight:
AD
Paolo
Suggs
Jarrett Allen
KD
Booker
Gobert
Towns
Embiid
Brunson
Hart
11 players, at least one each on the 7 other teams that played tonight, each individually attempted as many FT as the entire Nuggets team. That’s just wild to me.
This is why I mostly stopped watching the NBA. Rewatch the game and concentrate on Jokic. AD is fouling Jokic on almost every shot attempt he’s on him. Not a single foul was called. Not one. At that point it stops being a sport.