It shows some kind of breakdown in revenue that is dependent on star players. Lebron must have crazy leverage to be able to make the NBA bend to his will. They must be so dependent on Lebron for the brand. So much corruption.
@@Plutux878 They make these huge mega brands and then they have to try to maintain/ sustain them as long as they can. Bit in the meantime, they can't promote any other players. Their whole soap opera becomes THE LEBRON SHOW!
That game was possibly the most embarrassing game of officiating I’ve ever seen in sports. I’m in my 40s, and I’ve been a hardcore sports fan since I was younger than 10. I watch probably 5-6 NBA games a week, 3-5 NHL games a week, and 2-4 NFL or CFL games a week. I also watch every UFC event, many Bellator, BKFC, and other combat events. I watch tennis, soccer, some MLB here and there, mostly playoffs. I watch as much Olympics as I can, both summer and winter. All this to say I’ve watched countless hours of sports in my life. And this game was the strongest argument I’ve ever seen in my lifetime for professional sports (the big four) being rigged, or having some CLEAR and obvious favouritism towards one team. This was embarrassing for the NBA. And the Lakers players and entire staff should be ashamed of themselves as well for all the flopping. Fuckin Reddish gets an incidental elbow to the chin, and he goes down holding the top of his head. What a bitch. And don’t get me started on all the diving Davis was doing. Fuckin the Lakers.
Same! I watch the underhyped NBA games though like the Spurs vs Jazz last night. That was a fun game with maybe 2 flops at the most. My Cavs beat the Wizards last night and that was fun. Lakers, Suns, Bucks, Mavericks, and Warriors are on my don’t care list. All the top stars with overblown favoritism in officiating and countless flopping turns it into the WWE. However I’ll watch the Timberwolves and Nuggets from time to time though. Jokic and Murray are pure golden age basketball without all the flash and antics to get unearned fouls.
Nothing is more pathetic than watching Lebron bowl over people on one end and act like the big tough guy, and then on the other end get slightly brushed on the hip by a guy 3/4 his size and act like he was the victim of a war crime.
Too bad their isnt a reicarnation of Bill Laimbeer playing to actually lay him the fuck out for real, give him something to actually cry about. I'd pay a kings ransom to see that.
@@donaldcummings8407 years ago there was the bulls game where the guy shoved him and Lebron decided to fly across the entire court like he was tossed by the incredible hulk. I can only imagine the theatrics if he were ever to really be hit
Dude, LeBron would look like Tom Cruise on Mission Impossible...getting thrown into cars from concussion blasts if someone even breathes on him. Whoooooah, whooooah, whooooah?????!!!!? Like an air breach on an airplane, sucking everything out.
I remember one year when the Cavs were playing and at the end of the first half Kyrie Irving drove, took like 5-6 steps and got a score at the buzzer. And Van Gundy says “that’s ridiculous it’s clearly a travel” and Marc Jackson says “just appreciate the move man”. And the refs saying “it doesn’t matter who touched it” it’s crazy how this weird mentality has seeped into society.
@@crungefactory This. They've created a simulacrum of reality and we're all supposed to accept it, especially during those times when it doesn't correspond to objective reality.
@@siner2442Kudos to you 💯 you seen the BS coming a mile away. This dude shoots 37% outside of 3 feet at the basket. Most overrated player ever, without lay ups he's a glorified role player.
@@bXny9 if he so glorified and overrated why do you lose sleep over him? you lebron haters are hilarious. When he's gone you'll be coming on TH-cam to watch Lebron's greatest moments. I understand if people don't like players. But ya'll are a cult of Lebron haters. Like ya'll do too damn much. Lebron is a great player, bruh still at 39. I've been watching the NBA my entire 42 years of life! It's not that got damn serious lol. Ya'll gone miss him when he's gone cause you ain't gonna have nothing else to do with your life just like this Lame youtuber. When Lebron gone this TH-camr gonna fall off the earth. Anyone that hates on Lebron is completely dilusional. and let's not even talk about what the man has done for his community off the court. Ya'll Lebron haters get on my nerves, bruh. Ya'll come together like some straight sisterhood females on Lebron. smh
This is an absolute disgrace. I grew up in Australia playing high school ball in the 90s. We had all the shoving, hand checking etc as well as putting up with cheap shots. Everyone used to look at the NBA as the gold standard. Now it’s just a joke. These guys fall over if you sneeze on them. What an embarrassment. Our kangaroos are tougher than these guys.
@@djkj_ Many Lakers fans never wanted Lebum to be on the team. I just stopped watching Lakers after Lefraud brought all kinds of media toxicity and drama to the team while trading away young core and draft picks to leave the team gutted when he's done. And the Mickey Mouse ring was worthless. I'd rather watch young core losing and having growth rather this bum take over only for the sole purpose of trying to bump up his legacy, when in truth, he's not even top 10.
This is exactly why I'm done with the NBA. And honestly, once they crippled the defense with the hand check rule, I knew the product was going to be watered down. But once the League hitched their wagon to a guy that took "his talents to South Beach", that was it for me. They had cock blocked the Chris Paul deal the year before, and then let douchebag James do whatever he wanted, it was a clear sign of favoritism and that was the death knell for the game. Because it wasn't a game anymore, it was a product.
THIS VIDEO NEEDS TO BE SENT TO NBA OFFICE exactly as is. crystal clear 4th qtr tons of non calls on lakers fouls but brutal calls against the raptors. Knocked quickly out of the game, and he has having a great one, and also made Scottie have to play softer defence down the stretch as he needed to stay in too and couldn't risk picking up tick tack foul. This game should be anulled,
There is a reason that Darko only got a $25,000 dollar fine. The league knows everything he said was true. Marketing department says they don't care that everything he says is true. We don't market fair competition, we market star players. Star players are infallible and must make the playoffs to retain ad revenue streams.
My grandfather was a NCAA ref in the 1970s and 80s. He took me to countless college and NBA games. All through the 2000s up until the year he died, 2012, he couldn't stand the way the game was being called. The way offensive players were barreling into defenders while out of control and getting foul calls was the thing he complained about the most. Look him up if ya want. His name was Richard Weiler. He refereed 675 big ten games and 5 final fours. Plus the Rose Bowl in football. Id imagine he wouldn't even be able to watch basketball today if he was still alive considering how awful the refs have become.
I hope more fans start doing analysis like yours. I stopped watching the NBA a few years ago due to the bad defense and blatant traveling violations, but watching your analysis drives the stake much deeper. The NBA isn’t basketball anymore. The stars are manufactured, the officiating is corrupt, and the rules have been altered in service to higher scoring games and viewer “entertainment”. And amidst all of that you’ve got mercenary culture and flop/lie culture. There’s no accountability. What I hate the most is that there are very likely amazing players in this generation…but we’ll never know who they are because the rules and the culture have been destroyed. It’s all a polished facade. Flop culture exists BECAUSE the officiating and rules have become so lenient that if you’re NOT cheating, traveling, flopping, you’re costing your team precious points. There will never be another Jordan or Bird because the game they played no longer exists.
Well said. I quit watching this garbage pretty much when LeGarbage came into the league calling himself "King". The Lefanboy club makes it much worse. LeTaint isn't even in MJ, Bird, Magic, Kobe, Duncan hemisphere.
This is without a doubt the best breakdown of this 4th quarter iv seen on youtube to date. Very well done. Id love to see lakers fans defend the refs after watching this video lol. Adam Silver needs to give this a watch and demote every ref involved to the G league. The fix was in. Edit: i was only half way through the video with my original comment but damn it just got worse and worse. Very well done video.
It's clear the league needed to get their dumpster fire to .500 and by any means necessary. How else can they explain this shit. It is amazing that after such a HUGE disparity in calls they still only beat the Raptors by ONE! They had to cheat to beat a 15-23 team.
Plenty of us are sick of Lebum's BS. Can't wait until he retires. I was praying he would've this year. But knowing the NBA, they will just find someone else to go balls deep on and pull the same stupid crap.
@@MichaelLoves2024appropriate? He laid on the floor like he got shot. Even if it hurt, he got hit in the chin not the legs. NBA used to be a man’s game 😂😂😂
THANK YOU!!! So many videos out right now are looking into WHAT was called. If you watched that game and listened to the coach then you know it's about WHAT WASN'T called for the Raptors but was called for the Lakers. It was atrocious. Seriously.
You point out well how Lebron simply stands around not guarding anyone to save energy. Perhaps you mentioned in another video I've missed. His main objective is not resting; it's solely a bonus. What better way to stat pad and snag rebounds when your concentration is solely on the ball and not wasted on guarding an opposing player.
No other player in NBA history has done more damage to the game than LeBron James. All the previous greats said that they just hoped to leave the game in an even better place than before. LeBron, on the other hand, is comfortable destroying the game we all love for the sake of his own selfish reasons. And he has the audacity to proclaim himself the GOAT when he wasnt even good enough to lick Kobe's shoes... much less His Airness himself...
This guy has a travel and arm clearing violations in one single play, gets rewarded (Of course) and you got ppl out there on ESPN talking about his greatness 24/7. Nice job Commissioner.
I kept watching only because I was hoping the Raptors can screw them over even with the refs trying to make the Lakers win. They almost did it too. All that help from the refs, and the Lakers only win by one? Thats the funniest part of it all. They could barely win even with the refs help.
excellent video, appreciate this, its the non calls that were way way worse than the actual calls.... and people on tv saying "we didnt notice anything" yeah because they didnt watch the game lol
So true. "When people join Lebron's teams they become unlikeable". Remember Matthew Dellavedova? What happened to his fearless, kamikaze defense when he left Cleveland? He was diving into people's knees every night and getting PRAISED for it! Once he signed with Milwaukee he played totally different.
The sad thing is, the game record declares it as a Lakers win. Raptors needed that W just as badly as the Lakers. And they outplayed the Lakers. They won't get that W added to their record for being cheated out of the game. That could cost them ALOT in a couple of months time when the playoff race really heats up.
Rj just got fined for “flopping” the day after they played Utah. He literally just fell forward but the lakers are all flailing and flopping around. Good job NBA
Also at 12:57, you forgot to mention LeCheapshot and his hostile act of a headbutt to Barnes’ head. He gets away with cheap shots like this all the time. I can’t stand to watch him.
The biggest joke is these announcers who have to choose their words carefully, or they're fired, they know exactly what's going on, and they're cowards. I venture a guess, most of these people who actually understand basketball are probably feeling like they're in bizarro world. A decade after he's gone, he'll be trashed by real players looking back at the the most disgraceful and possibly illegal period in Pro Basketball. When fans and players can finally speak the truth about this era, the world will be appalled at how a league simped to prop up the Leron Narrative as the GOAT. Everyone will shake their collective heads in disgust, but more importantly, they'll wonder how this mass formation event even took place.
I've said it the entire time too, haha. F'ing Bizarro world, even, hahaha. I f'ing hate that dude and what the league, ESPN, the entire umbrella, does to prop him up. Disgusting. I complain about it on the regular.
He missed the best one. Where Austin Reeves *also* loses the ball in mid air. And the foul was called after he missed. The foul *wouldn't have been called* if Austin Reeves made it. Thank you for the clarification.
@@AngryOldHoops figured I'd point it out, solely because of you I have learned a lot more about LeBron James's style of play. And how it's de-evolved over the years. He has been comfortably removed out of my top three.
@@etkadu2715 mate lebron is most annoying obnoxious star player ever but come on man not top 50 ? he is top 5 no matter how annoying he is there is no way u can name 5 players better then bron.That is why he is so frustrating for me to watch, so good (before he got old) and so much natural gifts ( speed and size) and still he focuses on floping and playing victim while doing offensive fauls is crazy
Earlier in the game prince undercut siakam’s legs on a layup with SPEED and it was reviewed but called a common foul. All ballers know that is one of the most dangerous plays in bball. But Ben Taylor the polo player thinks that elbow with SPEED was more flagrant.
@@jessiegomez8209 Your probably right, the hatewatchers are the only ones watching. Then it will JUST be boring, rather than boring and anger inducing.
They are low because many of the older NBA fans have stopped watching cause they say they got tired of seeing a 3pt contest in every game.😁Curry fans say Curry changed the game.I agree.But it worsen and did not help.Some scores 120-140 etc..Not even last season was scoring this high.
@jessiegomez8209 its well known that the refs will make unfair calls in order to control the game. But the refs cant really do much if you just keep hitting 3s. Yeams know this now. The nba needs to stop the cheating to install some kind of integrity back into the game. The 3s wont stop until the officiating is fair.
Excellent video!!!! Kudos to you, my brother, for taking the time to put this important video together!!! The only things missing were the two headbutts by LeBrick. He committed 3 fouls (including his finishing headbutt) and a travel on one play! He reminds me of some boxers who would lead with their heads. Again, great video/breakdown of what's REALLY going on.😊
Anybody who will actually watch Lebron closely as he lumbers through a game can’t deny that he’s half a Jordan in a watered down league. No D played in years
I watched that game in real time and your analysis is spot on. This has been the curse ofvthe Raptors franchise since its inception. The NBA never has and never will respect Toronto as a team nor as a market. Throughout the years players know that this team is at a disadvantage due to officials. Last year Fred Vanvleet expressed his frustration and then left. The finals victory in 2019 was more a case of Golden State's injured stars , because the refs sure weren't going to give them a chip over KD. 😂
Its true just look at how OG is being treated since the trade now they can't stop singing his praises but when he was a Raptor there was no respect. Its really sad how the Raptors are treated.
This sadly is the reality of our lives... it boils down to money. There are markets that warrant more respect and the league's goal is to have these markets featured during their prime time TV periods. The Christmas Day schedule features these teams, playoffs features these teams. Key players are moved to these teams. Do we ever wonder why even when the Lakers are trash they still get featured? Small markets like Denver, OKC will have a short run but will never be dynasties unless players sacrifice money. The league will move major players to the favored markets. Toronto is a very large market but has no impact financially to US media because the Canadian media has first call... therfore they are treated like a red headed stepchild.
13:15 he actually travels before he starts dribbling as well. Make that 4 rule violations in one play. He slides his pivot foot before he dribbles the ball. Two travels and two offensive fouls in one drive.
21 years of fraud destroyed the game. The NBA could have chosen somebody else to be the face of the league. Somebody who plays the game true to the spirit of its rules and traditions. Somebody who changed the game for the better.
@@sm-mi8cw yeah but they played basketball, not swaggerball or whatever the fuck lebron's doing, humping the air and stomping and shit for the sheep to cheer, timmy and dirk got the job done without theatrics. what i don't understand is that his play is ugly and clunky, kobe was smooth, kyrie is smooth, they look good playing, this dude just mean mugs and shouts, nothing pretty in his game. why the fuck did they choose him.
one thing i've noticed in this game was the late whistles for the lakers. it was like the refs waited to see if the lakers make the shot, and only if they missed, they gave them the BS call. one of those was that reaves call. another one for lebron (3rd qr 11:08), and one for davis (4th 4:00).
Your breakdown of LeBron on-court antics should be compiled to teach the younger generations. Title should be Things You Can't Do on a Basketball Court
You may just ruin the game of basketball for him. Seeing games like this is so disappointing. Watching this video after watching the game live was really hard. It ruins the game for everyone. The players who get screwed over, the players who win thinking they were good enough to win when they weren't, the fans who paid to watch a highly entertaining game until the refs decided to ruin it, it's a losing situation for everyone. That could've been one of the most entertaining games of the year if it wasn't for those damn refs. It was constant action, back and forth lead changes, it had everything.
It takes another foreigner from overseas to try and save the league, this time a coach. Also good job at showing even Lakers announcers start noticing a fix is in.
Shouldn’t the legends like Magic, Shaq and company start speaking and put and end to the disgrace of a legendary team that pushed the sport of basketball forward ??? Isn’t this staining their legacy as well ? Just asking...
I watched this game live, being a Raptors fan. I was livid by the end of the game, yelling at the tv lol So many ridiculous calls and non calls. I think Ben Taylor (the ref) has a bit of a heavier wallet for rigging that game for the Lakers to win. A payout was made somewhere for sure.
No way he was hit. When you"re hit like that, your head goes backwards. His head didnn't move at all Haven't watched such a rigged game in years and years...
@FoxOPC at closer look, he took a glancing hit. But I'd always thought in that situation it's the defensive players' fault. He was gathering to shoot. If that was his hand, that's a foul on the defense.
Every time I watch this kind of footage and I remember how dominant as a defender Michael Jordan still was age 38 to 40, I really ask myself how is it possible that people don’t understand that not only LBJ is not the second best player of all time but he is barely in the top five only for his longevity, and for what he won on paper, because if I have to trust only my eyes he is just a big guy with a lot of muscles that scores a lot of points uncontested under the rim which if you are that tall and big it’s not that hard to do now a days in the NBA why his physical gift, but Karl Malone was that big but he was also able to shoot from more than 3 feet. C’mon on, this should be an elite defender? Because Michael Jordan was an elite defender and was the greatest score of all time so unless you are a great defender and a great scorer, you can’t even be compared to Michael and that’s why Kobe can be compared to Michael much more reasonably than LeBron.
I’ve concluded that Bron is a bit lazy and has been coddled most of his athletic life. Told how great he is and he believes it to the point that now he actually thinks he is “chosen” and has said so. This a person detached from reality surrounded by his entourage of yes men and fluffers.
Bron is not top 10, and barely top 20.. He's going lower when videos like these exist.. He will get exposed so much that he'll be surpassed by Curry(not a top 5 pg) eventually
Love your breakdown and I knew the Refs were bias that game but you broke it down in a way that I didn't see a lot of those slo-mo's with freeze frames which really accentuated the negligence here by the officials. Let me add to this. A.D. had more free throws than the whole Raptor team the whole game. Reaves had more free throws than any individual Raptor. The Raptors had more field goals, more 3's , and more points in the paint and usually the more aggressive teams get the calls. Utter crap the way it was officiated. 4th Qtr Lakers 23 free throws Raptors 2
Outstanding watch, bro! Keep up the good work and the watch of the systems house refs to be pulling this crap!! Torontos Coach sure knew what was happening!!!
The Lakers especially AD and LeBron were raping the Raptors practically and getting away with it while a look was being called a foul against the Raptors when they were on defense. Games like this one are the reasons that the viewership of the NBA is not nearly as good as even the early 2000s.
Good analysis, this is exactly the reason why many stop caring the nba. I think the only way to stop the league from doing it is for more people to stop watching, specially the laker fans.
Couldn't agree with this video more, You should have seen the golden state laker game the other day what a joke. That's why I don't watch the n b a. It's obvious they're trying to get lebron 6 championships
LeBron saying Toronto fouled and Lakers didn't was said for his minions to repeat. A team does not go through a quarter and only commit 2 fouls
And obediently repeat they do
Best comment I've seen so far.💯
They committed 1 foul! So it is even worse! 🤦🏻♂️
@@Blaze44_22 zoom in on his eyes. Even Lebron doesn't really believe what he said lol
@@AngryOldHoops Colin Cowherd said the exact same thing as Lebron the day after. Lol.
Adam Silver really destroyed the NBA
Yep. That and the officiating, which has gotten worse and worse year after year to bow down to the superstars.
100%
It shows some kind of breakdown in revenue that is dependent on star players. Lebron must have crazy leverage to be able to make the NBA bend to his will. They must be so dependent on Lebron for the brand. So much corruption.
@@Plutux878 They make these huge mega brands and then they have to try to maintain/ sustain them as long as they can. Bit in the meantime, they can't promote any other players. Their whole soap opera becomes THE LEBRON SHOW!
@@blabberer8950 sad af. They subjected themselves. They became a slaves to their reckless management
Flailing and flopping is clearly practiced by the Lakers...''Okay guys, let's run some flop drills''
they learn from the best, LeFlop James lol
@@Robjohnson2320 The King of Flop, there is none higher..
@@Robjohnson2320LeBron stated “I need to learn to flop or something… seriously”. The way he lies is hilarious 😂😂😂
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Flop Drills got me rolling😂😂
That game was possibly the most embarrassing game of officiating I’ve ever seen in sports. I’m in my 40s, and I’ve been a hardcore sports fan since I was younger than 10.
I watch probably 5-6 NBA games a week, 3-5 NHL games a week, and 2-4 NFL or CFL games a week. I also watch every UFC event, many Bellator, BKFC, and other combat events. I watch tennis, soccer, some MLB here and there, mostly playoffs. I watch as much Olympics as I can, both summer and winter.
All this to say I’ve watched countless hours of sports in my life. And this game was the strongest argument I’ve ever seen in my lifetime for professional sports (the big four) being rigged, or having some CLEAR and obvious favouritism towards one team. This was embarrassing for the NBA. And the Lakers players and entire staff should be ashamed of themselves as well for all the flopping.
Fuckin Reddish gets an incidental elbow to the chin, and he goes down holding the top of his head. What a bitch. And don’t get me started on all the diving Davis was doing. Fuckin the Lakers.
Have not watched a NBA game in five years. IT is crap sports rules.
@@chuckrangel7207 Five years, huh? Well I can assure you it’s gotten WORSE than what you last saw.
Sac-lal 2002 western conf final was 😂😂😂
And then 2003 portland-lakers 🤷🤦
@@zorankostur I noticed the lakers were involved in both those examples you gave. 😂
Same! I watch the underhyped NBA games though like the Spurs vs Jazz last night. That was a fun game with maybe 2 flops at the most. My Cavs beat the Wizards last night and that was fun. Lakers, Suns, Bucks, Mavericks, and Warriors are on my don’t care list. All the top stars with overblown favoritism in officiating and countless flopping turns it into the WWE. However I’ll watch the Timberwolves and Nuggets from time to time though. Jokic and Murray are pure golden age basketball without all the flash and antics to get unearned fouls.
Nothing is more pathetic than watching Lebron bowl over people on one end and act like the big tough guy, and then on the other end get slightly brushed on the hip by a guy 3/4 his size and act like he was the victim of a war crime.
no kidding
Too bad their isnt a reicarnation of Bill Laimbeer playing to actually lay him the fuck out for real, give him something to actually cry about. I'd pay a kings ransom to see that.
He deserves to be taunted by shrugging the shoulders in his face every time he asks for a foul.
@@donaldcummings8407 years ago there was the bulls game where the guy shoved him and Lebron decided to fly across the entire court like he was tossed by the incredible hulk. I can only imagine the theatrics if he were ever to really be hit
Dude, LeBron would look like Tom Cruise on Mission Impossible...getting thrown into cars from concussion blasts if someone even breathes on him.
Whoooooah, whooooah, whooooah?????!!!!?
Like an air breach on an airplane, sucking everything out.
I remember one year when the Cavs were playing and at the end of the first half Kyrie Irving drove, took like 5-6 steps and got a score at the buzzer. And Van Gundy says “that’s ridiculous it’s clearly a travel” and Marc Jackson says “just appreciate the move man”. And the refs saying “it doesn’t matter who touched it” it’s crazy how this weird mentality has seeped into society.
Ikr. Preach it brother.
Post modern relativism = "trust the experts"
@@crungefactory This. They've created a simulacrum of reality and we're all supposed to accept it, especially during those times when it doesn't correspond to objective reality.
Please keep on going. This is just disgusting and destroying everything I loved about the game. The NBA is a joke, a bad joke.
Been done, since 2003 when they Drafted Lebron…
@@siner2442Kudos to you 💯 you seen the BS coming a mile away. This dude shoots 37% outside of 3 feet at the basket. Most overrated player ever, without lay ups he's a glorified role player.
That cam reddish one tho he got hit
It was rigged but he legit was bleeding
@@siner2442 🧢
@@bXny9 if he so glorified and overrated why do you lose sleep over him? you lebron haters are hilarious. When he's gone you'll be coming on TH-cam to watch Lebron's greatest moments. I understand if people don't like players. But ya'll are a cult of Lebron haters. Like ya'll do too damn much. Lebron is a great player, bruh still at 39. I've been watching the NBA my entire 42 years of life! It's not that got damn serious lol. Ya'll gone miss him when he's gone cause you ain't gonna have nothing else to do with your life just like this Lame youtuber. When Lebron gone this TH-camr gonna fall off the earth. Anyone that hates on Lebron is completely dilusional. and let's not even talk about what the man has done for his community off the court. Ya'll Lebron haters get on my nerves, bruh. Ya'll come together like some straight sisterhood females on Lebron. smh
This is an absolute disgrace. I grew up in Australia playing high school ball in the 90s. We had all the shoving, hand checking etc as well as putting up with cheap shots. Everyone used to look at the NBA as the gold standard. Now it’s just a joke. These guys fall over if you sneeze on them. What an embarrassment. Our kangaroos are tougher than these guys.
i know you're joking but kangaroos are tough as fuck
@@Myhaay Haha, yes they are 😉
I made it to nsw state trials in the 90's. Wasn't good enough for even the state team. I'd be killing it in the nba today
It's a complete CRAP!!
it doesn’t matter what side you support. even if you’re a lakers fan you should acknowledge that this is bad for basketball
LeBandwagons are delusional and all blinded by the greatness of LeFRAUD. Even the best neurologist cannot save them anymore.
Yeah it’s a shame how bad the refs are calling/not calling fouls
I would be embarrassed as a laker fan when you have 23 more free throw attempts than the raptors and still could only pull a 1 point game
Theres no such thing as lakers fans anymore. Its nothing but bronsexuals now
@@djkj_ Many Lakers fans never wanted Lebum to be on the team. I just stopped watching Lakers after Lefraud brought all kinds of media toxicity and drama to the team while trading away young core and draft picks to leave the team gutted when he's done.
And the Mickey Mouse ring was worthless. I'd rather watch young core losing and having growth rather this bum take over only for the sole purpose of trying to bump up his legacy, when in truth, he's not even top 10.
This is exactly why I'm done with the NBA.
And honestly, once they crippled the defense with the hand check rule, I knew the product was going to be watered down.
But once the League hitched their wagon to a guy that took "his talents to South Beach", that was it for me.
They had cock blocked the Chris Paul deal the year before, and then let douchebag James do whatever he wanted, it was a clear sign of favoritism and that was the death knell for the game.
Because it wasn't a game anymore, it was a product.
NBA is an absolute disgrace
Get rid of Sir Flopsalot and the NBA may go back to the way it was. MAY.
Refs should be picked like a jury or some.
@@DonnellKaneit’s not the refs, the refs are just doing what they are directed to do
@@marshallbeck9101 yea you right. I just don’t like the nba as a grown man. As a kid this was all we could watch besides and 1.
Nothing But Ass.
THIS VIDEO NEEDS TO BE SENT TO NBA OFFICE exactly as is. crystal clear 4th qtr tons of non calls on lakers fouls but brutal calls against the raptors. Knocked quickly out of the game, and he has having a great one, and also made Scottie have to play softer defence down the stretch as he needed to stay in too and couldn't risk picking up tick tack foul. This game should be anulled,
There is a reason that Darko only got a $25,000 dollar fine. The league knows everything he said was true. Marketing department says they don't care that everything he says is true. We don't market fair competition, we market star players. Star players are infallible and must make the playoffs to retain ad revenue streams.
The league knows exactly what they are doing. They want it this way stop watching the NBA and watch how quickly they will lose 💰
The NBA is well aware of the problem. They're the ones who enabled it, after all.
Hard to Win a Game when there are different rules for both teams.
Hard to watch an NBA game when there are different rules from actual basketball.
Extremely hard
It’s been like that this season for pretty much every game
My grandfather was a NCAA ref in the 1970s and 80s. He took me to countless college and NBA games. All through the 2000s up until the year he died, 2012, he couldn't stand the way the game was being called. The way offensive players were barreling into defenders while out of control and getting foul calls was the thing he complained about the most. Look him up if ya want. His name was Richard Weiler. He refereed 675 big ten games and 5 final fours. Plus the Rose Bowl in football. Id imagine he wouldn't even be able to watch basketball today if he was still alive considering how awful the refs have become.
I hope more fans start doing analysis like yours. I stopped watching the NBA a few years ago due to the bad defense and blatant traveling violations, but watching your analysis drives the stake much deeper. The NBA isn’t basketball anymore. The stars are manufactured, the officiating is corrupt, and the rules have been altered in service to higher scoring games and viewer “entertainment”. And amidst all of that you’ve got mercenary culture and flop/lie culture. There’s no accountability. What I hate the most is that there are very likely amazing players in this generation…but we’ll never know who they are because the rules and the culture have been destroyed. It’s all a polished facade. Flop culture exists BECAUSE the officiating and rules have become so lenient that if you’re NOT cheating, traveling, flopping, you’re costing your team precious points. There will never be another Jordan or Bird because the game they played no longer exists.
Basketball and nba basketball are 2 different sports
@easyeastallstar They actually aren't. 😂
@@easyeastallstar Euroleague is pure basketball, NBA is entertainment 🤦🏽♂️
Well said. I quit watching this garbage pretty much when LeGarbage came into the league calling himself "King". The Lefanboy club makes it much worse. LeTaint isn't even in MJ, Bird, Magic, Kobe, Duncan hemisphere.
Even the Jordan era was rigged , unfortunately 😢
The speed of which this channel is gaining steam is perfect evidence of how fed up we are with things as they are in the NBA (and the world)
Lakers snuck into the postseason last year all because they were gifted 20+ free throws per game over their opponents
This is without a doubt the best breakdown of this 4th quarter iv seen on youtube to date. Very well done. Id love to see lakers fans defend the refs after watching this video lol. Adam Silver needs to give this a watch and demote every ref involved to the G league. The fix was in.
Edit: i was only half way through the video with my original comment but damn it just got worse and worse. Very well done video.
The Lakers can't win the fake in season tournament and not make the playoffs . Refs got the memo .
As well as all the other teams!!
I'm going to love seeing everyone playing spoiler.
Someone said NBA is not a proper league anymore, it's just a reality show and I think it's the most accurate description of current status of NBA.
The NBA is just disgusting at this point 😢
LeBum and The Fakers specifically
AOH be saying what I'm watching thank God for this man...ppl act like they dont see this but it's clear as day
It's clear the league needed to get their dumpster fire to .500 and by any means necessary. How else can they explain this shit. It is amazing that after such a HUGE disparity in calls they still only beat the Raptors by ONE! They had to cheat to beat a 15-23 team.
Having the In Season Tournament champs not even make the play-in-tournament exposes the IST as the sham we all knew it was.
@@andrewtataj497 right!
Fakers are only cheating themselves, a sweep is incoming! 😂😂😂
I’m really pissed on the abuse on Scottie. He takes it and barks nobody listening back to work.
So glad I found this channel. I was beginning to feel like I was the only one who was sick of this NBA and LBJ's BS
Plenty of us are sick of Lebum's BS. Can't wait until he retires. I was praying he would've this year. But knowing the NBA, they will just find someone else to go balls deep on and pull the same stupid crap.
I don't care whose side you're on, that flagrant foul call was total bullshit..
Maybe it shouldn’t be a flagrant but looking at the replay he did get hit pretty good
@@Slicktherulerthis is a cool channel, but plays this help you separate who is just riding the wave. Cam's response was appropriate.
@@MichaelLoves2024appropriate? He laid on the floor like he got shot. Even if it hurt, he got hit in the chin not the legs. NBA used to be a man’s game 😂😂😂
@@MichaelLoves2024 those who play basketball know there’s gonna be unintentional fouls.. that’s just how the game goes
@@erikmerced6329 huh, have you ever seen a professional boxer punch his opponents legs? You are proving my point. Think.
As a Lakers fan some of these calls were egregious. The NBA really needs to do something about these refs.
You have to know the NBA is in on it to keep the Lakers relevant despite them not being a good team.
THANK YOU!!! So many videos out right now are looking into WHAT was called. If you watched that game and listened to the coach then you know it's about WHAT WASN'T called for the Raptors but was called for the Lakers. It was atrocious. Seriously.
Seriously. If you are going to comment on the game - WATCH THE GAME.
You point out well how Lebron simply stands around not guarding anyone to save energy. Perhaps you mentioned in another video I've missed. His main objective is not resting; it's solely a bonus. What better way to stat pad and snag rebounds when your concentration is solely on the ball and not wasted on guarding an opposing player.
Leflop at his finest.
No other player in NBA history has done more damage to the game than LeBron James. All the previous greats said that they just hoped to leave the game in an even better place than before. LeBron, on the other hand, is comfortable destroying the game we all love for the sake of his own selfish reasons. And he has the audacity to proclaim himself the GOAT when he wasnt even good enough to lick Kobe's shoes... much less His Airness himself...
So sad what the NBA has come to.
If this was the last one in a while, then you hit it out of the park. Great video!
This guy has a travel and arm clearing violations in one single play, gets rewarded (Of course) and you got ppl out there on ESPN talking about his greatness 24/7.
Nice job Commissioner.
Im starting to think the entire NBA is fake what is this
I stopped watching the game with 3 minutes left, and it was obvious to me that the NBA wanted to give Lakers a W.
I kept watching only because I was hoping the Raptors can screw them over even with the refs trying to make the Lakers win. They almost did it too. All that help from the refs, and the Lakers only win by one? Thats the funniest part of it all. They could barely win even with the refs help.
excellent video, appreciate this, its the non calls that were way way worse than the actual calls.... and people on tv saying "we didnt notice anything" yeah because they didnt watch the game lol
So true. "When people join Lebron's teams they become unlikeable". Remember Matthew Dellavedova? What happened to his fearless, kamikaze defense when he left Cleveland? He was diving into people's knees every night and getting PRAISED for it! Once he signed with Milwaukee he played totally different.
As a Lakers fan, we don’t claim this win.
The sad thing is, the game record declares it as a Lakers win. Raptors needed that W just as badly as the Lakers. And they outplayed the Lakers. They won't get that W added to their record for being cheated out of the game. That could cost them ALOT in a couple of months time when the playoff race really heats up.
@@MG-im8ku I hope it doesn’t come to that. Darko is 100% correct.
hahahahaha “ reddish, you fing piece of sheet, bump you” hahahaha instant sub
with all the cheating and calls for Lakers they only win by 1.... lol
Even with the refs on their payroll they barely won 😅
Lakers really needed all the extra help to pull that one off... 😂
Rj just got fined for “flopping” the day after they played Utah. He literally just fell forward but the lakers are all flailing and flopping around. Good job NBA
Also at 12:57, you forgot to mention LeCheapshot and his hostile act of a headbutt to Barnes’ head. He gets away with cheap shots like this all the time. I can’t stand to watch him.
I noticed LeBron rubbing his head like he wanted a flagrant called on the guy he headbutted
The biggest joke is these announcers who have to choose their words carefully, or they're fired, they know exactly what's going on, and they're cowards. I venture a guess, most of these people who actually understand basketball are probably feeling like they're in bizarro world. A decade after he's gone, he'll be trashed by real players looking back at the the most disgraceful and possibly illegal period in Pro Basketball. When fans and players can finally speak the truth about this era, the world will be appalled at how a league simped to prop up the Leron Narrative as the GOAT. Everyone will shake their collective heads in disgust, but more importantly, they'll wonder how this mass formation event even took place.
I've said it the entire time too, haha. F'ing Bizarro world, even, hahaha. I f'ing hate that dude and what the league, ESPN, the entire umbrella, does to prop him up. Disgusting. I complain about it on the regular.
He missed the best one. Where Austin Reeves *also* loses the ball in mid air. And the foul was called after he missed. The foul *wouldn't have been called* if Austin Reeves made it.
Thank you for the clarification.
Damn
@@AngryOldHoops figured I'd point it out, solely because of you I have learned a lot more about LeBron James's style of play. And how it's de-evolved over the years.
He has been comfortably removed out of my top three.
At this point he’s knocked out of my Top 50
@@etkadu2715 mate lebron is most annoying obnoxious star player ever but come on man not top 50 ? he is top 5 no matter how annoying he is there is no way u can name 5 players better then bron.That is why he is so frustrating for me to watch, so good (before he got old) and so much natural gifts ( speed and size) and still he focuses on floping and playing victim while doing offensive fauls is crazy
you have the time of game when it happened?@@OugiEin
Earlier in the game prince undercut siakam’s legs on a layup with SPEED and it was reviewed but called a common foul. All ballers know that is one of the most dangerous plays in bball. But Ben Taylor the polo player thinks that elbow with SPEED was more flagrant.
When jordan retired in 98 the rating plumetted. When lebron retires lets see if it goes up or down. Personally thats when ill come back to the nba
It will go down easily.Just watch.😊
@@jessiegomez8209 Your probably right, the hatewatchers are the only ones watching. Then it will JUST be boring, rather than boring and anger inducing.
@@jessiegomez8209then why are they still low?
They are low because many of the older NBA fans have stopped watching cause they say they got tired of seeing a 3pt contest in every game.😁Curry fans say Curry changed the game.I agree.But it worsen and did not help.Some scores 120-140 etc..Not even last season was scoring this high.
@jessiegomez8209 its well known that the refs will make unfair calls in order to control the game. But the refs cant really do much if you just keep hitting 3s. Yeams know this now. The nba needs to stop the cheating to install some kind of integrity back into the game. The 3s wont stop until the officiating is fair.
This breakdown is something every lakers fan should watch. Was hard to watch all over again though.
Lakers are ranked #30 in fouls called against them !!! Rigged they don't get called by fouls
Excellent video!!!! Kudos to you, my brother, for taking the time to put this important video together!!! The only things missing were the two headbutts by LeBrick. He committed 3 fouls (including his finishing headbutt) and a travel on one play! He reminds me of some boxers who would lead with their heads. Again, great video/breakdown of what's REALLY going on.😊
Anybody who will actually watch Lebron closely as he lumbers through a game can’t deny that he’s half a Jordan in a watered down league. No D played in years
I watched that game in real time and your analysis is spot on. This has been the curse ofvthe Raptors franchise since its inception. The NBA never has and never will respect Toronto as a team nor as a market. Throughout the years players know that this team is at a disadvantage due to officials. Last year Fred Vanvleet expressed his frustration and then left. The finals victory in 2019 was more a case of Golden State's injured stars , because the refs sure weren't going to give them a chip over KD. 😂
I mean half the Warriors were injured, it was crazy. that would definitely have been different.
Its true just look at how OG is being treated since the trade now they can't stop singing his praises but when he was a Raptor there was no respect. Its really sad how the Raptors are treated.
This sadly is the reality of our lives... it boils down to money. There are markets that warrant more respect and the league's goal is to have these markets featured during their prime time TV periods. The Christmas Day schedule features these teams, playoffs features these teams. Key players are moved to these teams. Do we ever wonder why even when the Lakers are trash they still get featured? Small markets like Denver, OKC will have a short run but will never be dynasties unless players sacrifice money. The league will move major players to the favored markets. Toronto is a very large market but has no impact financially to US media because the Canadian media has first call... therfore they are treated like a red headed stepchild.
13:15 he actually travels before he starts dribbling as well. Make that 4 rule violations in one play. He slides his pivot foot before he dribbles the ball. Two travels and two offensive fouls in one drive.
@@AngryOldHoopslol
21 years of fraud destroyed the game. The NBA could have chosen somebody else to be the face of the league. Somebody who plays the game true to the spirit of its rules and traditions. Somebody who changed the game for the better.
Dirk should have been the face or tim duncan
@@sm-mi8cw yeah but they played basketball, not swaggerball or whatever the fuck lebron's doing, humping the air and stomping and shit for the sheep to cheer, timmy and dirk got the job done without theatrics. what i don't understand is that his play is ugly and clunky, kobe was smooth, kyrie is smooth, they look good playing, this dude just mean mugs and shouts, nothing pretty in his game. why the fuck did they choose him.
@@Myhaay Luka is swaggy and actually talented for basketball too. Also, why pick anyone to promote more than they deserve in the first place?
The greatest flopper Lebum taught Unibrow and other goonies how to flop
Finally someone who compares calls given and NOT GIVEN to each team. NBA=WWE.
Reddish ---> Falls on his butt, keeps holding his face. Lebron is giving them a masterclass every practice.
one thing i've noticed in this game was the late whistles for the lakers.
it was like the refs waited to see if the lakers make the shot, and only if they missed, they gave them the BS call.
one of those was that reaves call.
another one for lebron (3rd qr 11:08), and one for davis (4th 4:00).
the timing is the real time in the game, not the video.
How did i not come across this channel earlier 🏆 this is exactly the energy i needed way before this game..
AOH is the man
UncommonCents is damn good also
Your breakdown of LeBron on-court antics should be compiled to teach the younger generations. Title should be Things You Can't Do on a Basketball Court
7:41 even the ref is smiling at his own decision lmao
I saw that too
People need to boycott NBA. Stop watching that all business incompetent management.
Everyone that watches basketball should see this breakdown! It's why everyone hates letrash
Couldn't wait for this. Absolutely agree this is too blatant. Cant stand to watch nba at this point
I can't wait to show this to my grandpa in a few weeks when I go see him. He's Indiana basketball-bred.
Imagine Bob Knight commenting on this...
You may just ruin the game of basketball for him. Seeing games like this is so disappointing. Watching this video after watching the game live was really hard. It ruins the game for everyone. The players who get screwed over, the players who win thinking they were good enough to win when they weren't, the fans who paid to watch a highly entertaining game until the refs decided to ruin it, it's a losing situation for everyone. That could've been one of the most entertaining games of the year if it wasn't for those damn refs. It was constant action, back and forth lead changes, it had everything.
@@MG-im8ku You were there live? Please tell me you guys were booing and heckling like a muthrfkr
15:06 everything after this was pure comedy! Great work sir
The reverse layup is a great example of a poor skill
Want Adam Slipper to turn his back on Lebron. Keep exposing the fraud and stop giving him ratings. 👍👍
My special treatment from the referees and Adam Silver is what makes me the greatest player of all time.
It takes another foreigner from overseas to try and save the league, this time a coach. Also good job at showing even Lakers announcers start noticing a fix is in.
Shouldn’t the legends like Magic, Shaq and company start speaking and put and end to the disgrace of a legendary team that pushed the sport of basketball forward ???
Isn’t this staining their legacy as well ?
Just asking...
shaq has said things about it but I think the nba got to him because he has shut up about it.
Most of those ppl are in the pocket anyways, can’t speak on certain things.
Lebron's elbows to the face aren't fouls as there is no "SPEED" just deadly roided up force!
Cry
Yes, “with speed” is important apparently
@@MarleneCallowayIf my favorite player could barely lead his mediocre ass team above .500, I'd be crying too.🤣
@@DamnWhoAsked I’m not crying though. I leave that to you guys. What was your favorite player doing in year 21 btw? 😊
@@MarleneCallowaymy favorite player was doing what intelligent people do when able, transitions from physical labor to boss.
His lack of defensive skills should keep him out of the goat conversation alone
They fouled , we didn’t- Lechump
Had to re-watch this one, your breakdown is so good I don't see how it can't be somehow blasted to force everyone to watch it
Holy smokes I heard it was bad but wow. They called that a flagrant? That's sickening man wtf thanks for exposing it in detail.
I watched this game live, being a Raptors fan. I was livid by the end of the game, yelling at the tv lol So many ridiculous calls and non calls. I think Ben Taylor (the ref) has a bit of a heavier wallet for rigging that game for the Lakers to win. A payout was made somewhere for sure.
If the roles were reversed they would've had to call in a water restoration team to repair the water damage from all of Lebron's tears
Why was Reddish holding his head when the elbow hit his jaw?
But it didn't. I don't think he was hit at all. Look at how he fell. He sat down, then laid back, then grabbed his head.
😂😂
No way he was hit. When you"re hit like that, your head goes backwards. His head didnn't move at all
Haven't watched such a rigged game in years and years...
Cos he's that bad an actor. At least he didn't start limping
@FoxOPC at closer look, he took a glancing hit. But I'd always thought in that situation it's the defensive players' fault. He was gathering to shoot. If that was his hand, that's a foul on the defense.
😢😢😢
Reddish got hit on the chin but hes holding the top of his head lmmfao this league is a complete joke.😂😂
Because he flopped so hard that he hit the back of his head on the ground, haha. Did it to his damn self.
I noticed that too about Lebron’s teammates - They start to act like him and become unlikeable. Reeves is a good example.
Soccer fouls/flops are ruining the game
Again, that's why I, and millions of fans, are leaving the NBA. We're sick of it.
Every time I watch this kind of footage and I remember how dominant as a defender Michael Jordan still was age 38 to 40, I really ask myself how is it possible that people don’t understand that not only LBJ is not the second best player of all time but he is barely in the top five only for his longevity, and for what he won on paper, because if I have to trust only my eyes he is just a big guy with a lot of muscles that scores a lot of points uncontested under the rim which if you are that tall and big it’s not that hard to do now a days in the NBA why his physical gift, but Karl Malone was that big but he was also able to shoot from more than 3 feet. C’mon on, this should be an elite defender? Because Michael Jordan was an elite defender and was the greatest score of all time so unless you are a great defender and a great scorer, you can’t even be compared to Michael and that’s why Kobe can be compared to Michael much more reasonably than LeBron.
yeah how can the goat only be effective half the time...
He's not even in the top 20 bro
I’ve concluded that Bron is a bit lazy and has been coddled most of his athletic life. Told how great he is and he believes it to the point that now he actually thinks he is “chosen” and has said so. This a person detached from reality surrounded by his entourage of yes men and fluffers.
Lebum toom steroids thats where his "longevity" comes from
Bron is not top 10, and barely top 20.. He's going lower when videos like these exist.. He will get exposed so much that he'll be surpassed by Curry(not a top 5 pg) eventually
L2M report they doubled down and had the balls to say they missed two fouls for the Lakers. Unbelievable.
They call every small amount of contact in ADs favor like he isn't a damn giant
To be fair, he's built like glass.
Laker 36 free throws. Raptors
13.The league is ruining itself.
Ruining-er
Love your breakdown and I knew the Refs were bias that game but you broke it down in a way that I didn't see a lot of those slo-mo's with freeze frames which really accentuated the negligence here by the officials. Let me add to this. A.D. had more free throws than the whole Raptor team the whole game. Reaves had more free throws than any individual Raptor. The Raptors had more field goals, more 3's , and more points in the paint and usually the more aggressive teams get the calls. Utter crap the way it was officiated. 4th Qtr Lakers 23 free throws Raptors 2
"It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled.”
― Mark Twain
I might be one of the 3 lakers fans watching this, but I still love this channel. Good break down.
They trying real hard to save the Lakers smh
And they fined Toronto's Coach for pointing this inequality out.
the nba has a problem when the videos critiquing them are more entertaining than their actual product.
Watching this makes me mad all over again. It was worse than my wildest imagination. smh
You right when you play with lebum you take on his persona reddish NEVER acted this way in NY 🤷🤷🤣
Outstanding watch, bro! Keep up the good work and the watch of the systems house refs to be pulling this crap!! Torontos Coach sure knew what was happening!!!
The Lakers especially AD and LeBron were raping the Raptors practically and getting away with it while a look was being called a foul against the Raptors when they were on defense. Games like this one are the reasons that the viewership of the NBA is not nearly as good as even the early 2000s.
Good analysis, this is exactly the reason why many stop caring the nba. I think the only way to stop the league from doing it is for more people to stop watching, specially the laker fans.
Damn the fact that we have at least 3 more years of this is actually depressing
Egotistical mofo gonna hang on til he's 45 to keep padding them stats 😂🤦🏽♂️
Only if he gets a season ending injury then maybe he won’t play for 3 more years.
Couldn't agree with this video more, You should have seen the golden state laker game the other day what a joke. That's why I don't watch the n b a. It's obvious they're trying to get lebron 6 championships
Thanks so much for this analysis. Spot on everywhere and especially about LeFraud Shames
NBA should use that 25,000$ they fined Darko on some glasses for the reffs or atleast some further education to learn how to make proper calls.
I miss charles barkley. He would have laid somebody out, maybe a ref.
I ment Oakley.
😂😂😂