Fans of 29 other teams in the league do believe there is a Lakers whistle. So whether it’s true or not, Lakers are never going to get any sympathy from the vast majority of NBA fans.
My view is that basketball is the most impossible sport to officiate well, and there are going to be calls we all bitch about for “our” teams. If the Nuggets had lost last night, there would have been calls made that their fans would point to as reasons for losing. At the end of the day, play well enough to overcome calls that will invariably go against you.