The Lakers were down by as many as 22 points versus the Rockets, but they roared back in the second half, making it a one-possession game in the final minutes.

Los Angeles couldn’t pull off the win, losing the road matchup 119-115, but a few late calls that went in Houston’s favor seemed to be incorrect.

Specifically, a timeout LeBron tried to take before the ball was inbound with 7.1 seconds left and an offensive foul called on Anthony Davis with 4.7 seconds left certainly appeared to be mistakes that were missed in the moment.

However, the NBA’s Last Two Minute (L2M) Report indicated that these calls were correct and that the referees made no mistakes during crunch time.

The Lakers were down by three points when Max Christie’s inbound pass ended up in Fred VanVleet’s hands and helped bury Los Angeles.

After the game, Christie mentioned that LeBron’s timeout should have been called, but he accepted responsibility for his bad pass. After all, if he had executed on the inbound, a missed timeout by LeBron wouldn’t have hurt as much.

“I think we should have got it,” Christie said. “I should have called it, too. As the in-bounder, I need to be more aware, make a better decision in that spot.”

LeBron didn’t mince words on this call either and despite the no-call, he felt like he had made the signal before Christie released the ball.

“Absolutely,” LeBron said postgame. “That’s why I called the timeout because I saw it go wrong. They played it good. They stayed on top of everything. I saw Fred shoot the gap on me and I called timeout. Max definitely still had the ball in his hand. Wasn’t rewarded [the timeout]. That happens. We don’t lose the game because of that.”

LeBron has been through it all at this point and it’s good to hear him acknowledge that regardless of some bad calls, the result is on them.

The Lakers shouldn’t have to beat the Rockets and the refs, but in an 82-game season, these things happen.

It is, however, frustrating that the NBA still doesn’t deem these as missed calls even the day after. If they watched LeBron signal for a timeout with Christie clearly still holding the ball and didn’t see it, I don’t know how to fix that.

The inbound play received plenty of attention, but AD’s offensive call was equally as important. He was called for the offensive foul due to extending his arm and Aaron Holiday collapsing to the ground. It looked like a flopping play that would make James Harden proud, but the league still deemed it as the correct call in the L2M Report.

After the game, Davis called it a “terrible call.”

A frustrating loss versus one of the best teams in the West will be tough to get over. The L2M not vindicating the team’s frustration with the late-game officiating adds salt to the wounds, but they’ll have to move on quickly as their Texas road trip continues.

Los Angeles plays Dallas next. While the Mavericks will be without their star, Kyrie Irving, they are still a formidable team. If the Lakers can win this upcoming matchup, they’ll split this road trip and go home six games above .500.

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