Lakers @ Suns Sunday game thread December 14, 2025

[Mainstreet]

As expected, all those fouls called on the Suns were correct in the world of the NBA.

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[Mainstreet]

So the two minute report is worthless

Notice they didn't show the frontal replay of Booker's supposed foul on Lebron with 3 seconds left in the game.

There was much better video available than in the link below.

Last Two-Minute Report

 

[clyde2tw]

As expected, all those fouls called on the Suns were correct in the world of the NBA.

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Compare the Brooks 3 one with calls Doncic and LBJ got, and Harper's foul on SGA's kicked-out legs in the cup game, there is no consistency at all.

 

[Mainstreet]

This is much better video of the play above. See bottom video.

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[Covert Rain]

Even with the refs, you guys should have run right over us. Hard to complain much from your side of things when your team went from leading us 77-71 to going a full 8 minutes and 5 seconds without scoring a single point against us to trailing 95-77. A 24-0 run by the Lakers? That's just crazy. Score a couple points there and you still win the game regardless of the officiating.

Not really in today NBA. Being down 20 something isn’t the same. Especially, when you have Luka on your team.

That stretch was horrid by the Suns though. That was also a horribly officiated game. Both are true IMO. LeBron should also be sitting out game for putting his hands on a ref. That’s some major bull.

 

[Brian in Mesa]

Not really in today NBA. Being down 20 something isn’t the same. Especially, when you have Luka on your team.

Luka only shot 7/25 from the field.

 

[carrrnuttt]

What a whiny ********:

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[95pro]

I think Bum has some PED rage going on

 

[carrrnuttt]

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[Ronin]

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[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

It is crazy to think that the Brook's 3 wasn't reviewed for the obvious foul by Lebron just prior to the his technical.

I remember in the finals, the refs went back to the previous play, called a foul on us AND took away points, idk if anyone remembers that.

That’s where my head went too.

 

[Covert Rain]

Luka only shot 7/25 from the field.

Sure but that is not a normal night for him.

 

[newBluePlanet]

the nba 2 minute report is being dodgy. imo, it's feasible that the calls that were made were correct, but not the calls that were NOT made.

*the foul on Allen on the last play (Luka's league-leading scoring relies heavily on similar moves when he initiates contact by forcing the ball up).
*the foul on Brooks' 3. If that call was made, Brooks would not have rushed James and been ejected.
*though not in the 2 minutes, the non-Lebron grabbing and pushing the ref call was monumental

on a side note, it's illogical to say
"any team that doesn't score in 8 minutes deserved to lose"
without also saying
"any team that scores over 20 points in the last 8 minutes of the game (to erase a 20 point deficit) deserved to win!"

 

[95pro]

Missed calls are supposed to be part of the 2 min report too.

 

[Superbone]

Missed calls are supposed to be part of the 2 min report too.

Not when the King is involved.

 

[leclerc]

By the way how are the Lakers doing in FT vs opponents? Same as always? Probably a lot of the FTs they get are because of aggressive inside play from their front line.

Because, Ayton, there's 1-2 FTs right there.

 

[Phrazbit]

Did the refs stop your team from scoring a single point in over 8 minutes? Those were some dedicated refs.

I was there, and yes. The refs were a massive factor during that stretch.

Also, I think that most posters here would say I am the farthest thing from a homer.

I've watched and attended a lot of games, and, outside of Scott Foster, I cannot recall a game the so prominently featured the refs. That game felt endless... one ticky tack call after another, reviews of the ticky tack calls.

And like... for a Suns fan, I've been a LeBron defender... but that was pathetic. He's such a freaking bitch at this stage of his career. You want to call yourself the "king" and put on such pathetic displays, begging for a bad call, taking cheap shots, screaming with histaria that, literally, no other player sniffs.

 

[Phrazbit]

I hope we destroy them on Christmas Eve Eve.

I've got tickets, it should be a fun one with a lot of bad blood.

 

[leclerc]

Good to have some grieviances in sports. We're in a position to compete for the top spots in the pacific division. That should be our goal, to overtake the Fakers and Lebrontosaurus.

 

[Mainstreet]

So Lebron can get away with grabbing an official and Ausar Thompson barely touches one and gets ejected.

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[Dback Jon]

So Lebron can get away with grabbing an official and Ausar Thompson barely touches one and gets ejected.

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Yup - gave the Lakers the win

 

[Mainstreet]

Yup - gave the Lakers the win

There is a disparity in the officiating. Ignoring it, casts questions as to why.

 

[Hoop Head]

There is a disparity in the officiating. Ignoring it, casts questions as to why.

LeBron is a "superstar" and the game is called different for him because of who he was.

The Lakers are always favored by officials, look at the FT discrepancy between them and anyone else. To no one's surprise they lead the league in FT per game. It isn't style of play either as they're regularly in the top of the league.

NBA Stats - NBA Team Free Throws Attempted per Game | TeamRankings.com

NBA free throws attempted per game, by team.

www.teamrankings.com

 

[carrrnuttt]

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[BooksOrangePlanet]

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one of the things i noticed in ott's earliest practices was the entire staff yelling "help him up!" anytime someone hit the floor - i mean they screamed it - then you saw the players rushing to extend their hands