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By Patrick Andres The NBA in-season tournament has added a lot of what the league hoped it would bring to the early regular-season schedule: stakes, eyeballs and a general sense that this season is different than seasons past. It also has invited something traditionally reserved for April and May: officiating controversy, and more specifically officiating controversy surrounding the Lakers. Much has been made of a controversial timeout Los Angeles was granted late in its 106–103 win over the Suns in Tuesday’s in-season tournament quarterfinal—which Lakers forward LeBron James appeared to have …

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