Re: The Lakers Suck Donkey Balls - GDT
Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2025 6:39 pm
I thought the Lakers got some foul calls early but I also expect them to get some calls because Luka hunts them. Overall it's hard to complain and the Wolves probably benefited from a few calls here and there. It was kinda nice to have a game where there wasn't a bunch of fouls called.FNG wrote: ↑Sun Apr 20, 2025 5:27 pmI agree that the refs for the most part let both teams play. There's a huge disparity in physicality between the teams though, so it's natural we're going to get more fouls called. I also agree we may see more Vando next game since he's pretty much the only player on the roster with any toughness. On the other hand, I can't imagine JJ is saying "We only scored 95 points...I think the answer to our lack of offense is more Vando!"Q-is-here wrote: ↑Sun Apr 20, 2025 3:00 pmYeah, I thought for the most part the refs allowed us to play pretty physically and perhaps we even got away with a couple. The bigger issue was the lack of foul calls on the Lakers which is the real root cause of the disparity. But then again, they didn't provide much resistance, did they!DNatagal wrote: ↑Sun Apr 20, 2025 2:33 pm Gotta love the playoff whistle. Gotta love LeBron getting frustrated and pointing at a ref (no tech? Ant would get suspended for that one) and LeBron did get fouled twice down the stretch with no call. If the Wolves can play this level of defense without fouls being called on every play, the Lakers are going to be in trouble.
That's why I think we'll see Vando more in Game 2 and perhaps less of Gabe Vincent. Then we'll really see how biased the officials are because Vando is going to push the envelope for sure.
Vando might help their offense by being somewhat big and keeping balls alive etc. Rui is a guy I would expect to help then out on that end although he wasn't completely absent in Game 1.