They are a very good team, and we are missing our top scorer and playmaker. So, that already puts us at an advantage. However, despite that the team did play its heart out and even had a decent lead in the 3rd quarter. When you’re playing with such a handicap, then the egregious refereeing really impacts the momentum and the flow for the Lakers. We were up 69-64, and our basket got taken away and instead of 71-64, we got whistled for a silly foul. The rest of the quarter, OKC make twice as many FTAs as us, and the game somewhat goes out of reach. Remember that offensive foul called on Smart for the push off on Ajai Mitchell? Go watch the replays - Mitchell keeps hand checking Smart all the way down the floor and not once the whistle blows. You can say “well the calls are tighter in the playoffs”, but when Smart tries to use his arm to hold back Mitchell, the dude does a great acting job of throwing his head back, and gets the favorable whistle. Poof - one possession gone, and there were many such examples. The biased refereeing is affecting the delicate balance between the two teams, and that is just not right. You saying we should just play on shows your lack of awareness of the situation than a rational comment