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Accused of “flopping” by Steve Kerr, the Lakers respond

Since the start of the series against Golden State, and before Game 5, the Lakers were shooting almost 26 free throws per game. A figure and an observation that struck Steve Kerr, who had regretted the many whistles given to Los Angeles.

“The Lakers are a team that plays with a lot of craftiness”had noticed the coach of the Warriors. “They know how to cause the whistles. They made a few ‘flops’ and were rewarded. »

Was Kerr heard in this fifth inning? Maybe because the Lakers only shot 15 free throws in the loss at Golden State. “We played the same way though”explains Darvin Ham at a press conference. ” I don’t know. I don’t know what a fault is anymore. »

A physical team that loves contact

The referees would they have been influenced by the remarks of the coach of the Warriors on the “flopping” of Los Angeles? In any case, that of the Lakers does not understand the criticism.

“We play physical basketball. We are not in the flopping. Look at LeBron James, he has hundreds of scratches on his arms. Same for Anthony Davis, Austin Reaves or Lonnie Walker IV. It’s unfortunate it’s come to this. We haven’t done that all season and we’re not going to start now. We do not seek to be helped by the referees. »

For his part, James confirms the words of his trainer and does not really appreciate being singled out like that.

“I know that, with the staff and the players, we don’t work on our flopping”, insists the MVP of the 2020 Finals. “It’s not part of our game. Our style is to attack the circle. We don’t shy away from contacts, we actually love it. We are not afraid. Looking for flopping opportunities is not us. In 20 years of career, I have never played in a team that flopped. They have the right to say what they want, but the reality is the field. »

Shots Bounces
Players GM Minimum Shots 3 points LF Off Def Early pd bp Int CT party Points
lebron james 55 35.5 50.0 32.1 76.8 1.2 7.1 8.3 6.8 3.2 0.9 0.6 1.6 28.9
Anthony Davis 56 34.0 56.3 25.7 78.4 3.5 9.1 12.5 2.6 2.2 1.1 2.0 2.6 25.9
D’angelo Russell 17 30.9 48.4 41.4 73.5 0.4 2.5 2.9 6.1 2.3 0.6 0.5 1.4 17.4
Russell Westbrook 52 28.7 41.7 29.6 65.5 1.1 5.0 6.2 7.5 3.5 1.0 0.4 2.3 15.9
Austin Reaves 64 28.8 52.9 39.8 86.4 0.5 2.5 3.0 3.4 1.5 0.5 0.3 1.7 13.0
Dennis Schroder 66 30.1 41.5 32.9 85.7 0.3 2.2 2.5 4.5 1.7 0.8 0.2 2.2 12.6
Thomas Bryant 41 21.4 65.4 44.0 74.1 1.6 5.2 6.8 0.7 0.7 0.3 0.6 1.9 12.1
lonnie walker 56 23.2 44.8 36.5 85.8 0.3 1.7 1.9 1.1 0.8 0.5 0.3 1.3 11.7
Malik Beasley 26 23.9 39.2 35.3 61.9 0.3 3.0 3.3 1.2 1.2 0.8 0.0 1.2 11.1
Rui Hachimura 33 22.4 48.5 29.6 72.1 1.0 3.7 4.7 0.7 0.5 0.2 0.4 1.0 9.6
Jarred Vanderbilt 26 24.0 52.9 30.3 78.4 1.9 4.8 6.7 1.6 1.1 1.2 0.2 2.2 7.2
Troy Brown, Jr. 76 24.5 43.0 38.1 87.2 0.8 3.2 4.1 1.3 0.6 0.8 0.2 1.6 7.1
Kendrick Nunn 39 13.5 40.6 32.5 81.0 0.1 1.3 1.4 0.9 0.8 0.3 0.1 0.9 6.7
Patrick Beverly 45 26.9 40.2 34.8 78.0 0.5 2.6 3.1 2.6 0.9 0.9 0.6 2.8 6.4
Wenyen Gabriel 68 15.1 59.6 27.8 61.9 1.7 2.5 4.2 0.5 0.7 0.4 0.5 2.1 5.5
matt ryan 12 10.8 30.6 37.1 80.0 0.2 1.0 1.2 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.0 1.2 3.9
Mohammad Bamba 9 9.8 40.7 31.3 54.5 1.2 3.3 4.6 0.4 0.9 0.1 0.6 2.1 3.7
Max Christie 41 12.5 41.5 41.9 87.5 0.2 1.7 1.8 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.8 3.1
Juan Toscano Anderson 30 12.2 50.0 20.0 73.3 0.5 1.6 2.0 0.8 0.6 0.3 0.2 1.5 2.7
Damian Jones 22 8.0 54.1 0.0 75.0 0.8 1.7 2.5 0.2 0.4 0.1 0.5 0.8 2.5
Scotty Pippen, Jr. 6 5.3 33.3 33.3 55.6 0.3 0.3 0.7 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.5 2.3
cole swider 7 5.8 33.3 37.5 0.0 0.1 0.9 1.0 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 1.3
davon reed 8 3.4 75.0 50.0 25.0 0.1 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.4 1.0
Sterling Brown 4 6.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.8 1.3 2.0 0.5 0.0 0.8 0.0 1.0 0.0

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