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Raptors Coach Goes off After Anthony Davis-Led Lakers…
Raptors Coach Goes off After Anthony Davis-Led Lakers Win..
Toronto Raptors coach Darko Rajakovic was fuming mad after Anthony Davis powered the Los Angeles Lakers to a 132-131 victory on Tuesday, January 9, at Crypto.com arena for their second straight win.
Rajakovic went after the officials in a table-pounding postgame press conference.
“It’s outrageous. What happened tonight, this is completely B.S.,” Rajakovic said. “This is a shame. Shame on the referees. Shame for the league to allow this. Twenty-three free throws for them, and we get two free throws in the fourth quarter? Like, how to play the game? I understand respect for All-Stars and all that, but we have star players on our team as well.
“How [is it] possible that Scottie Barnes, who is an All-Star-caliber player in this league, he goes every single time to the rim with force and trying to get to the rim without flopping and not trying to get foul calls, he gets two free throws for a whole game?” Rajakovic added, slapping the table repeatedly for emphasis. “How is that possible? How are you going to explain that to me?”
Davis scored 10 of his 41 points in the final 61 seconds, including eight straight free throws to will the Lakers.
A game-tying 3 by Scottie Barnes with 24 seconds left was not counted after Davis drew a moving screen from RJ Barrett which infuriated the Raptors bench.
“They had to win tonight? If that’s the case, just let us know, so we don’t show up for the game,” Rajakovic said. “Just give them a win. But that was not fair tonight. And this is not happening first time for us. Scottie Barnes is gonna be [an] All-Star. He’s gonna be the face of this league, and what’s happening over here during the whole season … it’s complete crap.”