These Finals haven’t exactly done much for the Lakers image. After his team blamed rims and wheelchairs for the the game 1 loss, Jackson griped about the officiating after losing the second game. He kept right on griping up to Game 3, when the Lakers got all the calls and further armed longstanding NBA conspiracy theorists. After that game, Bryant came out and cracked about his 11-for-18 effort from the free throw line, saying he felt as if he were in foreign territory, as though he had been dropped into Shanghai without a translator or dictionary. The line got a few laughs, but the underlying message was that the referees were to blame for the 2-0 deficit Los Angeles faced coming home in the Finals. Last night, the Lakers had no one else to blame. Maybe that is why they did not even try.
--Today's Herald
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