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With 7:40 left in the fourth quarter, Luka Dončić made a basket and talked trash to a courtside fan. Referee JT Orr, presumably, thought he was yelling at him (or, perhaps, that this sort of exchange is off limits), and T'd Luka up. Dončić, who had been hit with at tech earlier in the game, was done. At that point, OKC went on an extended run and ended up winning 136-120. 

Had the officials not intervened so actively in the game, would the Lakers have won? We'll never know... and that's the point! 

It's not a matter of the game being stolen—thought certainly an opportunity was taken from the Lakers—but another example of officials refusing to avoid making themselves the story. The Lakers lost the game, and it was an important one. But basketball fans lost as well, which sucks, too. 

The Lakers still need two wins in the final three games to lock down the 3-seed out West. 

HOSTS: Andy and Brian Kamenetzky

SEGMENT 1: A great game, ruined. 

SEGMENT 2: Still work left, LeBron says. 

SEGMENT 3: Luka in Dallas tonight!

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