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This is NOTHING NEW, refs make mistakes – Stephen A. on Lakers’ controversial timeout 👀 | First Take



This is NOTHING NEW, refs make mistakes – Stephen A. on Lakers’ controversial timeout 👀 | First TakeStephen A. Smith, Chris “Mad Dog” Russo and Jay Williams react to the controversial late-game timeout call by LeBron James.

0:00 Did the Suns get robbed?
1:30 Stephen A. says this is nothing new, referees make mistakes all the time
4:20 Are the Lakers on a higher level than the Suns?
7:40 The Suns’ margin for error is slimmer than other teams – Jay Williams
9:00 Stephen A. on Anthony Davis performance
10:20 Jay Williams on LeBron playing 40 minutes
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41 Comments

  1. Stephen A makes me sick. Had KD won the game and dropped 30 he would have been ranting about his greatness. Lebron was the best player on the floor at almost 39 years old and he barely made mention. He is a HATER.

  2. We’re talking about 1 missed call. We’re not asking why they shot 20 less shots that the lakers? We’re gonna blame the refs bc of 1 call?? Aight

  3. Even though that time-out call is debatable, it's not the same like LA vs Celtics… LA/Celtics call would result either in a foul or a layup on a game where they're down by one point. Here they maybe make a run for it, maybe not, maybe Davis fouls someone on a three-point attempt, maybe not, and Austin made that three at the end anyways. There are many possibilities on a game where Suns were down for the most of it. On the Celtics example, game was about to go only two ways, and ref made it something else.

  4. This ain’t the championship y’all hold y’all horses. Media is controlling y’all emotions. Come down y’all not that serious.

  5. Why bring up the Suns beat the Nuggets twice in the playoffs last year compared to the Lakers' 0? The Suns have an entirely different team this season besides Booker and KD — terrible comparison.

  6. Officiating in sports is ridiculous. What I dislike is that we focus on the last frew minutes of games like the other parts don’t mean anything.

  7. 10 years from now the trophy will be called "lebron james mvp award" in the in season tournament. They badly want lakers to win 😂 but win is win though

  8. The Suns robbed themselves from that opportunity. KD: “They took 22/24 (actually 27) more shot attempts than us and we had 22 turnovers to the Lakers 9. That’s the game right there”.

    Also Book fouled Austin. Move on like KD did.

  9. Refs being refs as usual ..BEEN GETTING INVOLVED IN SOME OF TH BIGGEST GAMES IN HISTORY.. fans don’t pay to see you refs we don’t ..they ego killn th game

  10. Stephen A's argument is exactly the same as those opposed to the review and challenge system, who here wants to go back to the days where nothing is reviewable? The problem is not with refs making mistake, but the fact that this situation cannot be challenged. I'm with Vogel, every time a ref blows a whistle, a team should be afforded a chance to challenge it if they have a challenge left regardless of the situation.

  11. Back in the day, a live ball timeout could only be called by the person with the ball. By allowing another player on the court or the coach call timeouts, it creates situations like this

  12. NBA is ruling, for final 2 minutes report, that Lakers DID have possession, as AR had ball pinned on his leg at the time Lebron called timeout. Yes it was close, but was a legal timeout.

  13. Yep, ecerybody on the media complain about the refs when LeBron doesn't get a call on foul from Tatum but when it helps LeBron to win: It's ok, refs make mistakes all the time. This hypocrisy and favoritism towards LeBron is disgusting. I loved Kobe when he played for the Lakers but now I just don't wanna root for Bron

  14. Stephen A tried to floor j will with the opening monologue j was in shock before gathering himself 😂😂😂😂

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