The victory of Los angeles lakers by 116 a108 on Portland Trail Blazers had on one side of the court the great performance of LeBron James with a double – double (38 points and 12 rebounds) and on the other side the controversy raised by the arbitration rulings in favor of the Californian team.
The first to raise his voice of protest was the star of the Blazers, Damian Lillard, who had no qualms about criticizing the umpires’ decisions that brought the Lakers to the free throws 43 timeswhile the Portland team had 19 chances to score from the ‘sighs’ line.
“The discrepancy in free throws is something that is out of our control. The last game, we went out and they played a really physical game, they played a really aggressive game. That led to a great victory, “Lillard said.
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The Lakers made the adjustments: LeBron went into playoff mode, the defense was impeccable and the offense was so aggressive that it took advantage of the large number of free throws they had in the game. The fourth game of the series will be played this Monday at 9:00 p.m. ET.
“Tonight, we came in saying that we were not going to let them intimidate us and let them beat us physically and aggressively, and maybe we made fouls sometimes, but they are also a physical team. When a team lives on the free throw line like they did tonight, it will be difficult to win a game against a team that is as good as them. “, Damian Lillard concluded.
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