[Game] Kings at Lakers, 1/4/2022 7:30pm PT/10:30pm ET

[miltonap]

WHAT THE ****. ARE YOU KIDDING ME ?

 

[Sluggah]

Wow.

 

[gunks]

Gentry with the “oh HELL no!”

 

[HndsmCelt]

Sadly the really smart play was to touch the ball and call a time out but 20/20 hindsight on a weird play hardly ever see.

 

[miltonap]

I don't get that at all. A jump ball ? Are the refs morons ? He missed the free throw and he didn't touch the ball, so you leave the time alone.

Do they not have replays ? Are you kidding ?

 

[Groovygreg]

So the dingbat controlling the clock screws up and the Kings get shafted.

 

[Groovygreg]

What was THAT play?

 

[SacTownKid]

So the dingbat controlling the clock screws up and the Kings get shafted.

Pretty much. Literally although it's unlikely the game was in doubt but it's a WTF moment for sure.

 

[steelevt]

18-5 turnovers ain’t gonna do it folks

 

[Groovygreg]

Some good things from the Kings but too many lapses.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

It’s not that I didn’t get his name right. I’ve never heard of him.

I mean, I guess. It's just that dude has been doing color for the lakers since '87, and even if, as you say, you only watch the lakers when they're playing the Kings, there's a greater than zero percent chance that you've had to hear a lakers broadcast more than once in the last thirty-five years, so not knowing his name seems kind of deliberate.

It's not really that serious, it just strikes me as weird.

 

[gunks]

18-5 turnovers ain’t gonna do it folks

Yup.

As irksome as that ending was, we take care of the ball better and probably get this W.

 

[SacTownKid]

I think as the season goes on the Kings are going to see more teams busting through the Kings big lineups playing junk ball like this. They need another wing Monte.

 

[miltonap]

Kings should contest the game, I'm serious. That was such a horrendous call

 

[KainLear]

This ending leaves a sour taste, not gonna lie. I already have to accept the NBA's "league of our own" ruling where they can alter any basketball rules for their own sake for the most part...

 

[Hoovtrain]

I can’t disagree here! Walton’s rambling 60s nostalgia anecdotes and bizarrely hyperbolic metaphors after exciting plays are borderline performance art!!

…But like, more “juggler in the park” performance art vs something people would actually pay for.

he was insane/hilarious when he’d call Clipper games with Lawler. We would watch just for the entertainment value he brought to the telecast lol

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Gentry with the “oh HELL no!”

Yeah, it's rare to see a coach have a reaction like that, and not get T'd up: almost like they knew that the Kings were about to eat it, and decided to give him some leeway?

 

[steelevt]

Kings should contest the game, I'm serious. That was such a horrendous call

Also refs let lying lebron steal the tip after screwing us. Yup that’s about right.

 

[KainLear]

Kings should contest the game, I'm serious. That was such a horrendous call

I think it's pointless. The ruling is that Fox didn't touch the ball while pointing out a neutral error in the game, thus the stoppage, when the game resumes, even though Fox was alone in the whole half court by himself, he legally did not have possession.

 

[miltonap]

I think it's pointless. The ruling is that Fox didn't touch the ball while pointing out a neutral error in the game, thus the stoppage, when the game resumes, even though Fox was alone in the whole half court by himself, he legally did not have possession.

Yea but that's ridiculous. He was clearly by himself. I get what you're saying but it's still ridiculous and jump ball wasn't fair at all.

It was just awful

 

[Capt. Factorial]

Yeah, it's rare to see a coach have a reaction like that, and not get T'd up: almost like they knew that the Kings were about to eat it, and decided to give him some leeway?

They absolutely knew it was a ridiculous call. The rules were simply not designed for that situation, but instead of realizing that and calling an audible, they went with a by-the-book interpretation of the rules that made no sense and only hurt a team that did everything right.

Gentry absolutely would have been T'ed up for that except for the fact they KNEW they had boned him, and hard.

 

[miltonap]

That OH HELL NAW was totally warranted

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Yea but that's ridiculous. He was clearly by himself. I get what you're saying but it's still ridiculous and jump ball wasn't fair at all.

It would have been fair to give the Kings the ball, when they didn't have possession?

 

[Capt. Factorial]

It would have been fair to give the Kings the ball, when they didn't have possession?

The Lakers had clearly conceded possession.

 

[miltonap]

They absolutely knew it was a ridiculous call. The rules were simply not designed for that situation, but instead of realizing that and calling an audible, they went with a by-the-book interpretation of the rules that made no sense and only hurt a team that did everything right.

Gentry absolutely would have been T'ed up for that except for the fact they KNEW they had boned him, and hard.

There needs to be some compensation for that BS. It just wasn't fair at all, Kings technically still had a chance, down 5 with time left and the ball.

 

[miltonap]

It would have been fair to give the Kings the ball, when they didn't have possession?

Bruh, it's common sense dude are you serious ?

 

[sactowndog]

Kings should contest the game, I'm serious. That was such a horrendous call

I think it was the correct call. No one established possession when the refs blew their whistle. Fox out smarted himself.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

They absolutely knew it was a ridiculous call. The rules were simply not designed for that situation, but instead of realizing that and calling an audible, they went with a by-the-book interpretation of the rules that made no sense and only hurt a team that did everything right.

I feel like only two out of these three things are true. At least, it made sense to me, even though the Kings did get boned.

 

[miltonap]

I think it was the correct call. No one established possession when the refs blew their whistle. Fox out smarted himself.

This is about common sense though. There clearly needs to be a rule adjustment

 

[Warhawk]

I mean, I guess. It's just that dude has been doing color for the lakers since '87, and even if, as you say, you only watch the lakers when they're playing the Kings, there's a greater than zero percent chance that you've had to hear a lakers broadcast more than once in the last thirty-five years, so not knowing his name seems kind of deliberate.

It's not really that serious, it just strikes me as weird.

Um, for what it's worth I have no idea who he is either. <shrug> I can't recall the last time I've heard a Lakers broadcast. Likely a decade or more. And I don't pay a lot of attention to the other team broadcasters anyways. So it's not unreasonable in my eyes.