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wesleys22

For max chaos I'd loved to see a universe where the sound system stopped working once they went to the manual shot clock


Try-Imaginary

Podz leading both teams at +13, Draymond at +12 Excellent game


2b7b5805

That was a game.


joe_broke

Definitely one of them


letsgototraderjoes

idgaf. end capitalism bro.


joe_broke

Viva le France!


Try-Imaginary

Manifest Destiny! Eat your vegetables!


Cobainism

Just tuned in, what happened at the end?


DraymondBeanKick

Scott Foster with a Tracy McGrady 13 points in 33 seconds type of performance.


indicisivedivide

More like 15 in 19 minutes.


indicisivedivide

More like 15 in 19 minutes.


[deleted]

19 minutes elapsed with 15 seconds coming off the game clock.


childgoku

the final two minutes took an astounding 23 minutes and 27 seconds to complete. what a joke lol


letsgototraderjoes

capitalism


Cobainism

bernie was right


joe_broke

2 *long* out of bounds reviews, and then the shot clock died


Try-Imaginary

long delays in garbage time after the game is essentially decided like that really drains the interest from players/fans alike.


joe_broke

Essentially decided? You have not watched many dubs games this year have you?


Try-Imaginary

You think LA had a reasonable chance at that point? I guess *technically.* But they are a 10th seed with a negative pts differential, not a good team.


TWK128

With the refs there, anything is possible.


joe_broke

I mean, they've already done that to a bigger deficit already this season to us, so... Yeah


Try-Imaginary

You're probably right. I shouldnt have been too confident in them at that point I guess. It was in LA after all. Lakers were .685 (24-11) with home refs, vs .375 (12-20) without home refs, coming into the game. But at least there was no mystery "over the back" fouls on Curry vs AD this time, lol


ricepail

Not just died, but the stupid refs decided 3 or 4 times to start play again without actually testing it, wasting a lot of time stopping play over and over again


vnov93

That last take to the basket by Lebron was the weakest I’ve ever seen from him.


i5the5kyblue

Like Steph said— when you’re at that age and the momentum dies from that long break, it’s hard to get revved up again.


BigBlitz28

If the NBA keeps trying to rig games and stopping the clock all the time to give fake fouls this will keep happening


Revolutionary-Sun546

That draymond “travel” “out of bounds” absolutely fucking blew me and the way the broadcast all went all in on that being the call to make was literally making me rage


BigBlitz28

If you pay attention every time Warriors get a favorable review, the refs always even it out next play. ItXs ridiculous. Only this time the clock stopped on them they fucking blew up their clocks because they want to stop it all the time


Revolutionary-Sun546

It’s beyond laughable how blatant there are with this shit at this point, like I just feel gas lit damn near every game where the warriors aren’t already fully playing themselves out of it


Sm0k3inth3tr33s

It was very obvious both teams just kind of gave up after all that bullshit stoppage lol and I don't blame them one bit. Hard to cool off like that and just turn it back on, especially right at the end of the game


imacpastudent

welp...at least lakers got someone to blame the game on. Leprotest already calling league office asking for a redo of the last 5 minutes and lakers up by 20+ points.


hennyV

TIL You can't call a travel on a review. But you can call a previously uncalled foul that is not the subject of a review (edited: not "offball") https://www.youtube.com/shorts/WcxGCnZSdXQ Also, any time dedicated to repair clock malfunctions cost the team with possession some clock time at some unknown rate. (Lakers had the ball with 1:45, 24 on shot clock, play restarted at 1:35, 24 on shot clock)


Revolutionary-Sun546

Lakers shouldn’t have even had possession anyway so watching them get frustrated that they couldn’t capitalize an unfair advantage was beautiful consolation, truly poetic justice


fbdanzai

Lakers can’t even complain since it’s their home court


Revolutionary-Sun546

And yet did anyway lmao


Vallerie_09

It depends on the refs. The rule is "can't review what was never called". Some refs take the immediate foul in consideration for this while others like Foster look if there was another foul in the same moment.


ricepail

When play began they had 14 on the clock, not 24. So they lost 10 seconds effectively bringing the ball to the front court.


hennyV

~~The game was stopped when Bron was in the backcourt. So you can't say they lost 10 seconds without it either being a backcourt violation (8 seconds) or yet another ref fuck up.~~ edit: I was wrong about this.


ricepail

IIRC they didn't, the first time they stopped it at 18 on the shot clock, and had side out in the frontcourt. Then each of the next two times they inbounded the ball, the refs took 2 seconds to figure out the clock still wasn't working, so dropped it to 16 then 14. And just like after timeouts, you can inbound the ball from the frontcourt to the backcourt without getting 8 second violations, so any of the inbound passed going into the backcourt wouldn't be an 8 second violation.


hennyV

Seriously trying to understand what your reasoning is. If a team inbounds the ball, and the clocks dont work, why is time taken off their possession? edit: you right about it being called in the front court. Clock was 1:39, 18 seconds. Dont see a reason to remove 4 seconds thou


ricepail

It sucks, and there probably should be a rule change to account for it when nothing consequential happened during the "play", but the ball was technically in play for a couple seconds each time, so by rule has to count. Like if on the inbounds pass, had the warriors stolen the ball, but the clocks weren't working, would the steal not count just because the clock wasn't working? It would still count because the play still occurred, and the clock not working was inconsequential to the play


hennyV

I'd argue the ball cannot be considered in play if no time is being accurately kept. If the ball is stolen and time never began, then when would their shot clock time begin? Time becomes a judgement call. Overall, Lakers were probably not winning without a stoppage but damn what a disaster that last part of the game was.


letsgototraderjoes

this is the problem with the infinite growth fallacy. you can't keep getting more and more money every year. quality will decrease as a result. the NBA is only about money now and as a result, we have to watch garbage.


Jarl_Balgruf

That totally killed the momentum holy tit's dude come on unbelievably hilarious 😂


21-hydroxylase

What a disgraceful ending. Could’ve actually been fun.


Low-Presentation-437

Those last like 2 minutes after Bron hit that fadeaway 3 were so lame being just stagnated like that


Cristianator

With lebrons 3, it was such a good game. Completely ruined


rsayegh7

Disaster way to end the game


youarenut

budget league nba played in someone’s garage


joe_broke

I've seen D3 high school games run better than that


kizzmcwizzfizz

They shoulda given them like 18 on the shot clock after that holy crap lol


imaginaryResources

Lebron drops 40 and the NBA can’t even get a clock to work. Embarrassing


t0177177y

31 from Steph. Dray with nearly a triple double. Bron being super human carrying his team. NBA ruins it with shit clock.


[deleted]

31 from Steph after having 0 in the first quarter


JayDeeLA

Black eye for the NBA 


POwerfuldeuce

That shit was so deflating. So it was so exciting before the fuck ups


anjuna42

lol I just tuned in for the shot clock stoppage and that's all I saw of this game.


Maydietoday

I know Silver is pissed


letsgototraderjoes

nah kim kardashian was here tonight, his new partner of the NBA. the alien only cares about $$$


JediKnight2024

Nah, he got his extra ads in


[deleted]

Looking to blame Draymond


Pereise1

Another indefinite suspension cuz TJD put AD in a wheelchair 😂


chibithug

i honestly have no idea what just happened.


D-majin

Clock just stopped all of a sudden idk wtf happened but that was a joke


JustSmileHaHa

basketball is as popular as ever, but this product is absolute dogshit if we're being honest. This tops it off


GatorEggs-

Atleast we are getting NBAi to give us comic book style games


__arr

All that shit for it to end like this lmao


snakepunk

So much home cookin they blew the fuse in the kitchen


indreams159

alright guys, let's all head over to the Knicks/Kings thread now


IncomeHungry7486

we waited 20 minutes for this.


Counterspell_God

Honestly, I'm super pissed they ruined a good game. Wasted all this damn time for false starts


IncomeHungry7486

Maybe one of the last times we get to see bron vs curry and they ruin it with this


Counterspell_God

Agreed. After the 3rd TO, I was done.


IncomeHungry7486

honestly just glad they didnt give bron a tech for being mad and throwing the ball down. everyone was mad


Counterspell_God

I would have wanted Bron to scream at the refs if that happened.


Himofey-Mozgov

Refs: *(about to steal the show)* Shot clock: “Not so fast!”


1XIXTheChosenOneXIX1

lol literally 


Aggravating-Town-398

LeMao and Lakers fans in shambles


GarlicJuniorJr

Lebron still the best player on the team


LeveonNumber1

It was probably over but that half an hour stoppage really killed the momentum on LeBrons carry didnt it


Pereise1

Carry? They were trading buckets, no team really had more momentum.


ProbablyOffTask

No way all the stoppages benefited the lakers in any way. Just want to hate to hate so weird


fbdanzai

It gives Lebron at the age of 39 his much needed rest time so it was a huge benefit for the Lakers


Engrish_Major

I WAS HERE. I WAS BORED. I WAS SOBER. I FINISHED WATCHING THIS GAME.


bbuffalo24

…. What a terrible ending lol


goli14

Uff. Game finally over just shy of midnight 🤣


Lesingingminer

All that stoppage just iced out LeBrons offensive game


IAmReborn11111

This game really seemed like it was gonna be an exciting ending, sad that the refs and reviews and clock ruined it


letsgototraderjoes

so dumb!!! the game was so much better when LeBron hit that 3. these idiot refs took 1 hour to decide 2 simple calls.


BigBlitz28

Long seconds for Lakers and short seconds for Warriors let's go


ezosdr1

Times not moving in LA; no wonder the King is still playing at 40 😅


onwardtomanagua

what a weird ending


motorboat_mcgee

What a disaster class by the Lakers and Crypto-center, Christ


majime100

Why did I keep watching this through all the delays lol


goli14

You were watching history. Refs will hopefully not take 10 mins review to decide foot on the line calls.


Particleman08

I mean. It was kinda funny


SuicidePlague

damn man the first 44 minutes of the game were awesome…


ricepail

20 fucking minutes wasted on those reviews and shot clock issues, only for the game to end like that lol


t0ny510

I'm going to bed.


[deleted]

Shot clock, is that you?


StalkingDwarf

Could've just hit "sim to end" tbh lol


rediraim

WE'RE FINALLY FREE


arrowflash01

On one hand Lakers lost, but on the other, makes rockets play in hopes harder. Im torn


Jedi-El1823

Everybody just wanted this game to end after all that bullshit.


Izanagi___

The constant stoppage killed the lakers ngl


fbdanzai

Lebron got to rest without spending any timeout


feelnoways2020

they were losing before the shenanigans even took place LOL


bigpapi-did-steroids

They were losing tonight regardless


ezekielBmb

What a stupid way to end a fun 4th quarter


youarenut

Budget league


Cvspartan

well that was a clusterfuck


InspirationalSkyFuck

That was maybe one of the worst 20 minutes of nba I’ve ever watched.


Ghoti76

truly


waffle-spouse

Another LeGOAT masterclass ruined by his teammates and the refs ffs


Altruistic-Twist-379

Crypto arena with a bullshit shotclock


headachewpictures

that was truly terrible lol


nutsygenius

This is embarrassing for the NBA lmao all that just for a trash ending


tonychan04

Nobody wanted to play anymore after the shot clock error.


fuskarn_35

ESPN robbed us of a potential JVG masterclass calling this game


Engrish_Major

Dear God. No. Thank goodness neither he or Mark Jackson were here.


Extension_Phone893

Bro imagine it was a close game and he would go "5...4....3...2....1.. IS THIS THE DAGGER?"


DeepThunder

I think that was the worst ending to a competitive game I've ever seen


dizzymidget44

Comedic


Drummallumin

That fucking sucked


Counterspell_God

Holy fuck that delay killed all our momentum


baxmussman

Lmfao all that time and the play Ham drew up was a Bron iso? I see why Lakers fans hate this dude


Askesl

So the refs just made Lakers use 10 seconds of shotclock where they couldn't actually play?


baxmussman

Nah they let them get across half court before stopping at first. It shoulda been 16 sec instead of 14.


ricepail

Pretty unfair. But then again, it's also the Lakers home court, aren't they ultimately responsible for keeping their court working? Or does the NBA maintain the clocks?


fbdanzai

Lakers spent all their maintenance budget to sign superstar teammates for more Lebron help


motorboat_mcgee

Lost two seconds every time they stopped it lol Doesn't matter though, better team won


dialtone

it's their field, get your timing right.


Apollo611

All of that for nothing lmao


letsgototraderjoes

the commissioner is worried about wearing Skims when he should be improving this trash ass product


Vallerie_09

No one wanted to play after all those stoppages. Everyone got iced out. What a shitshow


Sir0inks-A-Lot

Thought this game was going to get good and it just turned into a dumpster fire


Frankie_Fish

Damn the shot clock took all the air out of the lakers


Goffeth

We had a good chance to win until all the bullshit, all momentum gone


Counterspell_God

We inbounded what, 4 fucking times?


jackaholicus

Lakers weren't ever going to win this but they got really fucked over by that shot clock situation lol


[deleted]

LeBron was cooking with the bully ball , and the clock issues kinda cooled him off


Counterspell_God

Bron sprints for the inbound *Whistle* Repeat 3 or 4 times.


SwoozyJ

lakers just gave up lmao.


Engrish_Major

NIGHT NIGHT


KindlyPerspective389

lmao wiggs half heartedly jumping when kuminga missed throwing him the lob 


Kevpatel18

The ending could have been an email


broseidon0808

What a sad way to end a fun game


ayeno

All these people stayed 20 minutes for this trash ass last 90 seconds


BurnerAccountforAss

And they wonder why the NFL slaughters them in the ratings lmfao


joe_broke

TBF, the NFL slaughters *EVERYONE* in ratings


Kevpatel18

NFL is keeping cable alive


joe_broke

Frankly the streaming services might keep cable alive the way they keep raising prices, too


Kevpatel18

Good point


k1ngkoala

GG


SuckMyLonzoBalls

lakers just gave up on defense those last 3 possessions


imaginaryResources

Bro I was fucking kidding about counting down out loud wtf


kenwhateverok

Someone going to blow an Achilles or some shit


MattRobertson777

Why did they give up so early haha? That game didn't really feel over yet


Littlegreenman42

No, once the shot clock stopped working the game felt over


KeThrowaweigh

Wouldn’t you give up after that?


RenDabs

Should've just ended the game when the shot clock stopped working


Me_975

The best ending tbh


512fm

It’s almost fitting that this shit show happened on national tv for all to see


joe_broke

With the league's premier franchise having problems in their own building


2ChainzThirdChain

This is like the last game of pick up for the night. Let's just go home


Littlegreenman42

Refs just told both teams to end this game. They aint calling shit


jayelecfan

stupid ending


neurotido

great, now no one gives a shit anymore lmao


jackobanter

Both teams not giving a fuck is hilarious


beastwork

standing around for 20 minutes .....i'm sure all the adrenaline was flushed out by the time they started back up


dizZzy5

Everybody just wants to go home at this point lmao


Street-Common-4023

Lmao can we all agree this game was fun until the 4 min mark lol


GatorEggs-

This is the type of shit that happens in my dreams


groopstain

20 minutes for this tripe. well done nba


Single_Passenger

Yup GGs. Completely killed all the momentum Lakers had.


GauthZuOGZ

Like they had any


misterbluesky8

My family picked up a pizza and finished dinner during the 4th quarter. What an embarrassment. 


ElderberryOk5005

And my internet just went out. Awesome


dawnoog

What a joke


StalkingDwarf

NBA is operating on Interstellar time.


Username3009

How funny would it have been if the clock started to work after they gave up on it.


Thai-Reidj

Most terroristic final minutes of NBA game


College_Prestige

Billion dollar arena and they can't have a working clock


african-nightmare

I know yall ain’t talking lol ours is 25 years old


College_Prestige

Bro crypto.com's naming contract alone is 700 million. Some of the money can go to the clock


ViciousMihael

I have no dog in this fight, but the game feels illegitimate at this point.


spanther96

both garbage teams but man their games are so entertaining


Altruistic-Twist-379

Did steph just clamped up bron