""LeBron has the worst whistle of any star player I've ever seen," Redick said. "I mean, I've been with him two years now. The smaller guys, because they can be theatric, they typically draw more fouls, and the bigger players that are built like LeBron, it's hard for them. He gets clobbered. He got clobbered again tonight a bunch.""
""And that's not like a new thing. That's not specific to this crew or this series. He gets fouled a lot and it doesn't [get called]. The guy gets hit on the head more than any player I've seen on drives, and it rarely gets called.""
"Reaves was particularly unhappy at the way Goble shouted at him in the final quarter as he waited to contest a jump ball. "I felt like I was respectful to all of them all night. I mean, there's a million times in the past I've said way worse stuff," Reaves said. "And when we were doing the whole jump ball when [the Thunder players] were switching spots, I wanted to get on the other side because they had a guy on the other side, was just trying to keep an advantage. And [Goble] turned around and just yelled in my face. I just thought it was disrespectful.""
The Oklahoma City Thunder took a 2-0 lead in the Western Conference semi-finals by defeating the Los Angeles Lakers 125-107. LeBron James scored 23 points but was called for two questionable fouls while contact on him was repeatedly not whistled. His free-throw attempts dropped sharply, totaling only five combined over the first two games after averaging 5.3 attempts during the regular season. Lakers coach JJ Redick said James has the worst whistle among star players he has seen, arguing that larger players are harder to call fairly. Austin Reaves confronted crew chief John Goble after the game, complaining about disrespectful yelling during a jump ball situation.
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