Watched the replay of LAL vs GSW, which is the last of Kobe for this season
Here are my thoughts on the crucial calls towards the end:
Yep bad call indeed - Howard set a moving screen on Chicken and Chix got called for the foul. That was bad. Worse was that Steve Blake took the free throws. That was crucial.
Second was when Barnes was called for a foul when Kobe fell down. In real time though, that is understandable because refs thought it's more likely from a foul than Kobe's ankle simply giving way. Of course slow mo revealed there was no contact but then again, refs don't review slow mos for fouls.
But the whole conspiracy theory because of the 50-17 FTAs disparity is, IMO, a stretch of the imagination. GSW fouled more and shot more from the outside period. Hack-a-DH12 when he got it down low. Besides, GSW is a "foul-happy" team with 25 fouls / ppg, one of the top in the league. And lest we forget, Lakers hardly play defense. How can you foul when you don't play D?