discrepancy in FTAs between the lakers and their opponents or the number of fouls called on the lakers vs their opponents. Why is that? Doesn't fit your narrative?
Also, the lakers are easily the team with the fewest fouls called on them per game. The Celtics are a distant second comparatively.
The lakers have SEVEN guys in the top 80 players with fewest fouls per 100 possessions. Now, that wouldn't be surprising if there were only 10 teams in the league. Btw, lebron is 2nd overall.