I mean, it does little good now. That’s what costs us the game.

The ball just does move right when it goes his way…he’s a career 28% 3 pt shooter and 28% this season. His use may be limited to subbing him in on defense and say Knecht in on offense in crunch time….

Honestly, last night was probably Vando’s best game since coming back. He changed the narrative in the second half and if we hadn’t seen Luka booted who knows what could have happened.

Nice post Jamie. I agree there was no excuse for tossing Luka. Court side fans can be obnoxious and a player should not be punished for yelling back. As for the turnovers, all turnovers are not created equally. We had a lot in the first game. But they were dead ball turnovers. These were live. For as great as LeBron is, boy does he make a lot of bone head turnovers. We also really missed Rui. Are small ball line up is so much better when his big body is in. Fortunately there will not be any more back to backs the rest of the year. Because of our weakness in the middle we need both LeBron and Rui available if we are going to win.

I think players should be treated all the same….I know everyone is saying Luka shouldn’t have been kicked out (ignoring the bonehead ref action) because he’s Luka (a top player in the league)…players should be treated pretty much equally ….I remember seeing Draymond trying to incite the fans after one of his incidents….not leaving the court….he obviously gets away with far too much complaining and antics….the line should be a solid line….and anyone that crosses it….oh well!!! (I didn’t watch the replay of the Luka ejection…it’s history…hopefully the ref will get a good lecturing and will not be anti-Laker ref down the road!!! I hope the Lakers will take out their anger about the game against The Thunder….if they meet down the road…if not, it’s a lesson to focus on destroying the opponent to shut the fans up….and have the refs instruct security to control obnoxious fans…it must not have been pleasant for all the people around the idiot.

FROM ABOVE ARTICLE:

Speaking after the game, Jarred Vanderbilt spoke about the Luka Doncic ejection. Vanderbilt, who got a technical from the referees as well, believes there’s more to the story.

In fact, the referee refused to let Doncic plead his case, saying he would speak to anyone but the Slovenian. The Lakers star speculated that the referees had some personal issue with Doncic.

“The ref was just like, ‘I don’t want to talk. I will talk to anybody but Luka [Doncic].’ It seemed a little personal at that point. He was just advocating for me.”