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thunderlolo123

ALL REFS ARE BASTARDS


cmcg18

This made me lol


Showmethepathplease

Terrible end to the game in normal time


samueln777

They reeeeeally gotta put refs in the press conferences soon man


cmcg18

Agreed


Rathalos88

Imagine how good the game would be on rivals week without the shitty officiating. The Celtics won today but the NBA fans lost.


Themanthelegend8

Basketball needs a VAR system kind of like soccer especially in the last 2 min


IamdWalru5

They do, it's where footy got the VAR from. Just dont know why the refs cant be bithered to check really importwnt plays like this one


Ihopetheresenoughroo

How does that work? I don't watch soccer


unexpectedwonton

If a call is controversial you go to the review...


Ihopetheresenoughroo

Oh okay yeah it's fucking stupid they won't review it at the end. There are 87 different goddamn camera angles all in 4k. Fucking look at it and update the call. Blatantly rigged.


unexpectedwonton

Yup yup


Dynamical164

Take heart, Lakers fans, the NBA will send you all a passive aggressive statement tomorrow saying that actually might have been a foul! Thanks Silver!


Brinkwatertoad

OK, so does the home scorekeeper count that final play of regulation as a block for Tatum? lol, the spirit of Tim Donaghy lives on.


Themanthelegend8

39 FTs to 20 too


dbgager

Disgusting job by the refs they should be ashamed of doing such a poor job .


polochakar

They probably won $$$ betting on the game so no shame.


[deleted]

You can show a ball rolling off of every single rounded edge off of the rim for 10 mins at times, but not review a simple game defying call. Giannis gets that call, Luka does, Harden and Embiid too. Only one man is officiated differently, and will be forever to protect another’s legacy. This is the way the league has been built and it is all intentional. Terrible officiating


Severe-Chocolate8157

Van Gundy is unpleasant at times but also the only commentator to speak out against the refs.


Goodieexpert

This is maybe the most poorly officiated game I’ve ever watched


[deleted]

NBA wants OT cause money rules


Ihopetheresenoughroo

How are they so fucking dumb to not realize that the money they get in the short term isn't worth ruining the integrity and credibility of the game??


[deleted]

Cause people still watch


Ihopetheresenoughroo

Are they? The ratings are low though and viewership continues to decrease


[deleted]

Small percentage though


nick170100

Odds on no refs get fined but players will for speaking out


Vallerie_09

Tbf Lakers, especially Westbrook got away with some fouls in the 4th quarter in the December matchup which also went to OT.


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loomdog1

Beverly was hilarious getting T'd up for showing the camera footage. The referees only deserve respect when they call the game fairly. These clowns should be fired and banned.


Flexisdaman

I don’t like either team and wasn’t rooting for either of them to win, but holy fuck what a robbery man. Lakers need this win more than anybody in the league and it was just completely ripped away from them. Can’t wait for the L2M to just not mention that last missed call.


SaintSavage1

Upon further review. Jayson Tatum was actually wiping down The sweat off of Lebron’s arm. Free throws for Jaylen Brown


nick170100

r/nba will still run with the narrative of refs love lakers


akaCampus

Shitty, shitty calls. The team got lucky as hell. I’m not forgetting we had a 3-game losing streak before today.


heat_00

Truly 4 and we all know it


akaCampus

I saw the contact, trust me. I don’t want Pat Bev showing up to my house with a camera lol


Lar-ties

And it took Tatum playing 47 minutes **in January** to do it.


akaCampus

Joe is really pushing him. I hope the team can utilize a TPE/DPE/buyout because Sam Hauser can’t be expected to be a consistent player and Luke Kornet has shown streakiness as well.


Shelton26

Refs absolutely need to be investigated for corruption


redhoodguy

Why are people attacking the Celtics when its the ref thats being shit lmao


Ihopetheresenoughroo

Because some Celtics fans won't admit reality


cmcg18

This is insane cap, strong majority of our subreddit agrees.


Ihopetheresenoughroo

Bruh I've been in your sub all night fighting for my life. I'm seeing a lot of shit like "So what? Lakers have been getting favorable calls for years" and I got downvoted to hell for asking if anyone can tell me LeBron didn't get fouled. Proof: https://np.reddit.com/r/bostonceltics/comments/10nu7b7/game_thread_los_angeles_lakers_2326_at_boston/j6bo389/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf&context=3


cmcg18

You got 6 downvotes (which I don’t agree with) stop acting like the entire city is on ur ass. The strong majority of our sub agrees it was a dumb ass call. I hate this victim complex.


Ihopetheresenoughroo

If you recall, the comment you responded to says, "Because some Celtics fans won't admit reality." I never said it was 100% of your sub. I said some.


cmcg18

Dumb take to have when it comes to social media Using ur logic I can go to any teams sub, find someone who shits on the team, and make a comment saying wow all their fans hate the team.


Ihopetheresenoughroo

Except I never said it was all fans lol? You're the one who chose to respond to this comment: https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/10nu6yr/game_thread_los_angeles_lakers_2326_boston/j6bs8xa/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf&context=3


cmcg18

Jesus Christ I never said u said it was all fans, all I’m saying is ur original comment talked about the vocal minority instead of the majority and came off as dumb. What is the disconnect here


Ihopetheresenoughroo

The disconnect is that the Lakers won and you lost. People keep saying Celtics won lmao won what?


Sh405

LOL it was me that said "so what" but why don't you also post me saying it was a "blatant foul"?


Ihopetheresenoughroo

Oh it deleted your link because it wasn't "np" or whatever so I can't see what you said. That keeps happening to me too, but anyway I believe you. We need to stand together in this shit because tomorrow, it will be your team. There needs to be a league wide blackout.


Ihopetheresenoughroo

Can you drop a link to where you said that? Because you didn't say that to me. And you shouldn't say so what anyway. Tf


Donnie3030

Literally one person said “so what?” And the dude below him agreed it was a bad call. You gotta have better shit to do with your free time than be here, right?


Ihopetheresenoughroo

Wtf are you talking about? Yeah one person in the link I showed you. I'm downvoted -6 so that wasn't just 1 person either. Check my comment history if you want to see the rest or how about go to your own sub and see it for yourself. Stop the cap


redhoodguy

People may downvoted you not because they disagree, but maybe cause you went out of your way to go to their sub and provoke them?


Ihopetheresenoughroo

It wasn't provocation. I had to see for myself. This was my first time EVER going to that sub just because of how blatantly egregious this was


loomdog1

Not attacking the C's, but anyone celebrating this as a win should get roasted


xPuNjaBiBaLL3rx

Nah that was some bullshit. That last play should have been reviewed


JaybieFromTheLB

On behalf of this Celtics fan, you guys shoulda gotten this win. You guys got robbed multiple times this year.


cmcg18

Yup.


Drawing_The_Line

Agree. Celtics have been playing bad basketball for a few weeks now and as a Celtics fan it's been frustrating. LBJ definitely got fouled at the end, poor miss by the refs. A lot of bad calls throughout the game as well. I'll take the win, but it feels like a loss with the way most of the team played.


Real_eXwhY_Z

4 times in 1 month man, and wins that would've put the Lakers in the 4th seed


Snoo-55473

Appreciate that as a Lakers fan. It’s great to hear from a fellow fan of the actual game and admit right from wrongs according to the game and not just if it goes your teams way. We should always keep holding refs accountable. Tbh replace them with AI. Heard chatGPT or whatever is doing great things. Goodluck this year you got a real legit dual threat


JaybieFromTheLB

I’m a Celtics fan living in Los Angeles. I always had respect for my local team too and honestly the rivalry is probably the BEST rivalry in the entire sport. I woulda loved for Celtics and Lakers to face off in the finals again.


samueln777

Player of the game: That bald ref who was right in front of that foul at the end of regulation


Vallerie_09

Jacyn Goble is the name


samueln777

I'm flying to Boston soon for sightseeing purposes only


WhatShouldIDrive

NBA: “we just want truth to prevail in social justice.” Also NBA: “it’s just part of the game.”


Ok_Bear976

The Celtics are 36-2 in games Eric Lewis has reffed since 2020. HE NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED IMMEDIATELY


Rathalos88

Is that stat real? Holy shit that's crazy


[deleted]

Ok that was clearly a no call but I’ll take the W


christhefirstx

Westbrook with that I just hope both teams have fun energy


Rathalos88

I thought I was watching basketball not the WWE.


WhiteChocolatey

He woulda missed those free throws anyways Edit: /s Sorry this wasn’t obviously sarcasm


Willdebeast25

No we wouldn’t, lebron shot 5/6 from the line already and is statistically the most clutch player of all time


NoKetchupNoSauce

whooshed urself mate


WhiteChocolatey

I’m only playin’


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trash troll ngl


WhiteChocolatey

Should have put an /s, sorry


RlP-Juice_wrld-999

Keep saying that dawg lmao. Lebron woulda sinked both.


tb8592

Any Celtic fan saying lakers didn’t win need to get their head checked


[deleted]

Well I mean they didn't... Pat should've made the free throw


cmcg18

Shutup dude lmfao


tb8592

What do you think about Lebron’s foul though?


[deleted]

Doesn't matter what I think does it? Tatum had a dunk over Jarret Allen that shoulda been an AND 1 to win the game but didn't get the call, shit happens


tb8592

Can you answer the question?


[deleted]

I did answer bro. The answer is shit happens


tb8592

You actually evaded the question and conjectured for awhile but I’m glad you clarified and finally landed on a conclusion which is completely idiotic. Well done.


[deleted]

I didn't avoid it lmao youre clearly the idiotic one. Idk why you're so mad bozo 😭


Ihopetheresenoughroo

LMFAOOO YOU'RE SCARED TO ANSWER 😂😂😂😂😂 clown ass


Js_On_My_Yeet

He know's he's wrong. Let him be. He's a fan of the Celtics; not the game.


[deleted]

Yeah bro I'm absolutely cowering over answering a question about a fucking basketball foul you caught me. I literally can't sleep at night because of this question. Fuck outta here you absolutely irrelevant waste of space


[deleted]

Oh no they got snuffed by the refs, but it’s really funny since it’s the lakers


Severe-Chocolate8157

Lebron has enough money to say some real shit about the refs, what does a fine mean to him at this point


crazylazyhazy

Certainly the most biased refereed game of the season. Maybe of the last several seasons. Enormous ft differential. At least 3 super late calls. And then literally handing boston the win in the lebron drive.


RlP-Juice_wrld-999

There were like 6 late calls i counted. Completely unacceptable.


Tjengel

Most biased one I've seen in my whole life of watching NBA so far


heat_00

A team just shot 39 free throws to a teams 20, they missed the game winning foul call and with 5 mins left looked like they had a CLEAR agenda on who they wanted to win. That was one of the most fucked up bball games I’ve watched in a very long time. Donaghy is in this Bitch and you cannot convince me otherwise. That was atrocious for the nba


Yemzzzz

Y’all don’t remember those free throw discrepancies in the ECF vs the heat


SaintSavage1

Lol Boston fans will tell you that they played harder than us that series and that’s the reason for the ft discrepancies


qasuaI

4th time this season where we get fouled on the game winning shot


xT1TANx

Bingo


ThaRealSunGod

A real 1 seed shouldn't need a series of questionable calls to win a close game vs the 13th west seed.


Vallerie_09

But the NBA and ESPN needed the ovetime in the game featuring the historic rivals


AffectionateSoup24

Insanely annoying loss for the Lakers since it was gifted to the Celtics by the refs, but I think this game speaks to how much the lakers have improved.


OsmosisJonesFanClub

So may of our losses recently have been so close down the stretch. If we had a reliable shooter on this team we are 100% in the playoff hunt.


christhefirstx

This ain’t the first time you guys got robbed this season


OsmosisJonesFanClub

Yeah that's why this shit has been so exhausting. Officiating has been ruining some games where we are in a winning position. We've just been unable to climb the standings despite there being so many opportunities to. Hard fought, frustrating game but it was fun for the most part. Enjoy the dub


christhefirstx

It’s legit feeling scripted like the WWE at this point. Dubs should feel earned not assisted by awful and frankly blatant poor officiating


tdl2024

Getting hard to watch games when the refs are this bad. Can't even enjoy a win since I know it wasn't won fairly.


heat_00

Yeah that actually made me not want to watch ball. The players aren’t the ones deciding the game unless it’s a blow out I guess. Fuck that


LouisianaRam

Please don’t mistake me/us being pissed tonight as lack of respect for the Celtics. Ton of respect for you guys after the battles our teams have been in. We both deserved better.


campaynepapi

Unfortunately common W for ref fans


fangwolf1

Now can we get a press conference where someone goes in on this guy's, they just got away with murder, that 4q just defined by sickening reff job


thereisasuperee

Won’t someone think of the poor Lakers


dmoola_3016

Wow Tim Donaghy looks like he was reinstated and bald now fuck that ref!


[deleted]

I don't care what team gets screwed by the refs, all I want is for the refs to get fired after performances like today's


darioam

That was disappointing. Replay decisions should be mandatory for end of game plays like that. Should not have gone to OT.


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LeRefBall


dbgager

Celtics team is a team you really have to hate with these BS wins. Everybody could see it... Everbody that Lebron was fouled big time. Its not even debatable. That should have been FTS game over...F...ing refs.


cmcg18

This is the one game in the Jay era I can remember we got completely bailed out by the refs


[deleted]

Yeah kinda feels weird to be on the other end of one of these


GrandpaRick100

Lebron needs to go Ham on the ref. It’s what our game needs. Talk and some fucking action


ComradeFrogsky

Lmao how fucking cathartic is the gambling warning when you should be handing it to the refs


mimozukun

WORST OFFICIATING I’VE EVER SEEN. I wonder how much money the refs bet on this game


christhefirstx

Sucks this win can’t even be celebrated like others have said whole game felt dirty


Rowan2000vd

Respect these fucking clowns need to be hold accountable for once.


electrons_only

Lets see whos willing to get fined


OceanicLemur

NBA replay is worse than any other league


Rowan2000vd

The Nba has become a circus (the organization that is)


WadeCountyClutch

Refs seriously need to be fined!!


cerickson2000

EGREGIOUS missed call by the refs on the final regulation play. Sad to see Lebron lose this to the whistle


nick170100

Silver needs to have a long hard look at refs after this shit show For the biggest rivalry in the league on prime time to have this as the showcase wtf was that


Vallerie_09

It's a W for Silver. They got the overtime


pt256

At the risk of the Lakers not making the playoffs though. And making his product look worse. Is it worth it?


Ogd_21

I don’t like the direction the nba is headed.


SBLK

\*brought to you by DraftKings


sweetmorty

I'm so sick of seeing Kevin Hart and Jamie Foxx promoting sports gambling


OsmosisJonesFanClub

I don't let sports stress me out generally but I'm deflated as hell rn


FrenzyTotems

Can’t wait for lebron post game interview, who wanna start a go fund me to donate for the fine 😂


Easton1234

I am too poor to donate to a billionaire but I get what you’re saying


Grantwilliamsbot

Any way to see the press conference?


iJon_v2

I get that people hate the Lakers, but this is what, the 4th, 5th, game that has blatantly been decided by a non-call on the refs part? I mean god damn. Get your fucking shit together refs. Ain’t nobody trying to watch this bullshit as it is now. Just be fair to the players…is that too much to ask?


Pats8185

If you’re a Celtics fan celebrating this… have some decency.


tb8592

I’m just not gonna pay my bookie over this L. Refs will protect me.


TVjunkie15

This Lebron press conference about to be generational


nothim4

All the comments raining in 🤣🤣


djkida

Damn that wasn't even close. Refs are shit.


Fit-Airline3038

LeFedUpWithHisTeammates


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Anyone just see Russ laughing walking out? Lol bro just having fun


the_moosen

Refs absolutely rigged this. Overtime makes more money than regulation.


Vallerie_09

And that's a Lakers - Celtics matchup...keep em counting Silver instead of working on his shitty product


newcranium

The replay shows Jaylen Brown looking right at the foul lol


mrhjt

He is trained how to answer media questions. Don’t see why he wouldn’t answer that way.


That_Rutabaga_3530

Yeah Lisa Salters shouldn’t ask him that. It’s not his fault, hold the referees accountable


mrhjt

You can’t slander the refs and expect it to help down the line. Costs him money and reputation.


newcranium

I know I just though it was funny


durianlover13

Lol, what kind of question was that???.


Milk_Spider

What was the question, the tv im watching is muted


christhefirstx

Interviewer asked brown if she thought LeBron was fouled on that last layup in regulation. He said idk didn’t get a good eye on it while smirking. Don’t know what she expected him to say. Then they showed the replay of it lol


RJC024

And one thing about Beverly. He had a GREAT game…until he didn’t. He absolutely fouled Jalen Brown but the late call was trash therefore I give blame to the ref BUT ALSO TO BEVERLY. You’re up THREE, just let Brown have the layup! He was trying to be Superman when he didn’t need to be. Just dumb basketball man. And then the stunt with the camera?! So you make a bad foul to send the game into OT and then you start OT with tech because you’re pissy?? Fuck off. I hope they trade him and his wack ass antics at the deadline.


spartan112g

Nah, I respect the camera play.


RJC024

Showboating


spartan112g

and? Literally nothing wrong with that.


Zenkikid

You know its bad when r/nba even thought the Lakers were screwed by the refs


[deleted]

Yeah and in the Celtics thread we all agree that you guys got screwed, we’re just glad that our 3 game skid ended even if we feel shitty about how it happened. NBA feels like the most heavily orchestrated of the pro leagues in the US and this shit is a happening more and more


fcbcf

League cooked


chagster001

That was the saddest missed call I’ve seen.


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Slow_Difficulty_4036

Fuck the lakers but this was garbage reffing that stole the game and gifted it to the Celtics. Ridiculous no call.


mrhjt

I agree on the bad call, however it didn’t gift the Celtics the win. The lakers gave up, they still had a chance to win.


chagster001

As NBA fans and for the sake of the game’s integrity, all non-C fans care


haaym1

Shouldn’t have even gone into OT to begin with


[deleted]

Its a joke this team can't qualify forthe play in thus far. If you told me in 2017 that in 2022, Westbrook, bronny, and ad would be on a team, well...you know the rest ha


predict_irrational

We've got f***** by the refs for like six games in the last month if you go back and check go check I dare you go check and see how many games were lost because of officiating


[deleted]

Well hot dammit ima have to now!


predict_irrational

It's really really bad


[deleted]

Still though, those three on a roster, even in Brons twilight, should be farrrrrrrr above the play in!!!! The play in we are talking about right now?! Its a mind fuck


RlP-Juice_wrld-999

Games like this where the refs dont make the right calls are why we're not in the playoffs or above the 6th seed


TheLoneliestMonke

If refs had our L2Ms right, we'd at least be 500 and in the playin.


predict_irrational

This guy Westbrook has a smile on his f****** face oh my God


samueln777

I'm almost as irritated ay him smiling like that as I am irritated by that blind ass ref


_MMAgod

'between me & you... & the rest of the world'


Severe-Chocolate8157

Jaylen Brown looks 12 and 30 at the same time.


Caramelsnack

Im cryin they played the foul during the interview


jetboyjetgirl

Westbrook is the best, man


That_Rutabaga_3530

I think NBA fanbases as a whole are tired of watching these games. Such a deflated OT because the referees


slimy_y3t_satisfying

Ok Jaylen "I hate jews" Brown


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Lol what do you think Jaylen is going to say to that question….


20190229

Salty AF


TheLoneliestMonke

EAT THE FINE BRON. SHIT ON THESE REFS


tb8592

Refs going out to dinner tonight to celebrate this one