It won’t give those two possessions back, but at least Cavs fans can know LeBron did indeed get fouled on his two late turnovers.
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The NBA’s Christmas Day slate of games was highlighted by the mid-afternoon (or early afternoon, depending) Finals rematch between the Cavs and Warriors in Oakland.
The Warriors emerged victorious with a 99-92 win, but it didn’t come without controversy. Two of the key plays late in the fourth quarter were LeBron James turnovers on attempted drives against Kevin Durant. In both instances there was fairly significant contact that was not called as the ball eventually ended up out of bounds off of James on each play.
NBA Twitter was quick to rip the no-calls and poke a little fun at the fact that, of all people, LeBron was unable to get a call late in a game. Afterwards, Durant said he felt both plays were clean and told people complaining to “keep that sh*t on Twitter,” but as happens with every game, the NBA reviewed the tape and released their highly anticipated Last Two Minute report on Tuesday.
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So the missed touch foul on Lebron is a tragedy of epic proportions (this is the FOURTH Uproxx article about it) even though they almost certainly would have lost anyways, but King Leflop’s missed blatant arm drag is no big deal.
POOR LEFLOP! How is he supposed to be the Greatest Player in the History of Organized Sports when the referees only give him the benefit of the doubt on 92% of the plays, instead of 100%? When he steamrolls over defenders like a freight train, lightly grazing his arm should be a technical foul and immediate ejection!
