On January 12, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, and one of today's regular season games was the Los Angeles Lakers hosting the Phoenix Suns.
Before the game, the Lakers finally received a penalty from the league against Toronto Raptors coach Rajakovic, who was fined $25,000 for Raptors coach Rajakovic in a post-game interview.
The cause can be traced back to a game on January 10 when the Los Angeles Lakers hosted the Toronto Raptors.
In that game, the Raptors ended up losing 131-132 to the Lakers.
As the coach of the Raptors, the main reason why Rajakovic angrily sprayed the referee after the game was that in the final quarter of the game between the two teams, the free throw comparison between the two teams was the Raptors 2-23 Lakers, which led to the Raptors' final point defeat to the Lakers, which caused Raptors coach Rajakovic to be strongly dissatisfied.
After the game, at a press conference, Raptors coach Rajakovic was furious: "It's just a shame! Shame on the referee, shame on the league that made this happen. The fourth quarter made free throws to 23-2, you tell me, we only had 2 free throws in the fourth quarter, how to play? I respect their stars, but we also have them. We were attacking the basket every round in the fourth quarter, we didn't fake falls, we didn't go to the whistle, but we made two free throws. How did this happen? How can it be? How do you explain this to me! The Lakers have to win today, right? If that's the case, let us know that we're just not going to fight today and let them win, it's so unfair tonight. ”
As for Raptors coach Rajakovic's complaints, Lakers star LeBron James said: "I feel like they've been fouling, and we're not fouling."
Especially in the last 2 minutes of the game, the Raptors did adopt foul tactics when they were not much behind the Lakers, constantly sending Lakers players to the free throw line, and allowing the Lakers to get at least 10 free throws during the period.
What's even more slap in the face is that just yesterday, the NBA officially released the referee report for the last two minutes of the Lakers' 132-131 narrow victory over the Raptors, and the report showed that there were a total of 2 missed judgments in the last two minutes of the game, both of which were unfavorable to the Lakers.
The first missed call occurred in the final 1:33 of the game, when the referee blew for a foul on Barnes for an offensive cover.
The second missed judgment occurred at 1 minute and 18 seconds, when Thick Eyebrows was lost by Barrett's hitter when receiving the ball, and the referee on duty missed Barrett for a foul.
In this way, the Raptors clearly benefited from the final two minutes of the game, not as Raptors coach Rajakovic did to show that he was a victim. got cheap and sold well, and angrily sprayed the referee after the game, and the fine was really deserved.