[Highlight] Lebron is left open at the rim but Paolo recovers to prevent the layup
Smacks the shit out of his hands lmao
Freakin’ crazy. So is the hand/wrist part of the ball or not? Because they call this shit different every game and this isn’t the first time it’s happened to LeBron and I swear the NBA said at the beginning of this season they would officiate it as a foul
Would’ve been 3-2 against the wolves had they called that in the playoffs.
Thats shits funny, also the camera that follows LeBron decided to peak it’s head
Well the refs were amazed at how the magic just allowed lebron to be that wide open.
They were amazed so decided to give them chance thinking maybe they weren’t ready or something. Magic appreciated it and one upped themselves. Instead of giving the wide open layup, let’s try a wide open 3!
It’s only part of the ball if it’s covering up the ball
The refs just missed it because they call fouls from smacks on the arms or wrists like this all the time
Hand is part of the ball, wrist and forearm are not. That is and always was called a foul, they just made an honest or dishonest mistake, depending on how you feel about LeBron and/or NBA refs.
It was all wrist. But haters will say the game is rigged for the lakers.
That should be a fair block, hand is part of the ball and he might have got ball first anyways. The annoying part is how inconsistently this is called. An nba ref will call a hand slap like 60% of the time
Lmfao. God you must be blind or just hate LeBronto.
Its literally in the nba rule book idk what you want from me “The hand is considered “part of the ball” when it is in contact with the ball. Therefore, contact on that part of the hand by a defender while it is in contact with the ball is not illegal.” Lebrons one of my favourite players, it just is what it is.
The point is that was clearly the wrist/forearm and not the hand.
Clean foul
You can literally see Paolo smack Lebron’s right arm down.
That’s why he said clean foul, not clean block lol
It’s called a hand to arm block
That was all hand and wrist lmao
hand is considered part of the ball i believe, but clicking through the replay Paolo gets wrist and even forearm.
So 100% a foul. But also 100% came off Bron. If I’m a magic fan I’m pissed, get either of those decisions right and it’s either a magic win or we’re watching overtime
Ball don’t lie
if you are a Magic fan you stay silent after witnessing the three quarters of the most biased reffing there is
Love it when the Thunder fans start talking about whistles
Looool if you’re going to talk shit about flairs, either put one on or fuck off
I’m a lakers fan but does it really matter? I cheer for 29 teams at this point
Anybody but you
😂
The psychological damage that this thunder team has inflicted in such a short space of time deserves to be studied.
You better be on your knees praying OKC don’t win another chip, because then we’re on dynasty alert haha
I already pray on your downfall every day
Twice on Sundays
Those are rookie numbers nephew, you know how many Christians are in Oklahoma? That’s won’t get it done.
Who said anything about Christianity?
Remember the Trail of Tears
I don’t think their school teaches that’s sort of things anymore, or anything for that matter
Fingers part of ball, not hand
Crazy, lebron says otherwise
https://youtube.com/shorts/IYcGJXrRNLs?si=piXAoQWflw2k2qiC
Wrong. Looked it up, it’s any part of the hand that’s in contact with the ball
Ahahaha recovers??? You mean fouls LeBron?
THE NEXT 5 GAME DECIDING NON FOULS ARE OURS
they’re all in the next game so you don’t have any against us
youre new
Lakers were up 14 then this shit started.
Reminder they gave a fouled smart on the floor a tech for a movement the ref most definitely wasn’t even looking at.
The ball proceeded to tell some hard truths after this
Has yet to lie
Basketball gods confirmed
and Paolo left Kennard open lol
Paolo followed LeBron to the basket to try and hack him again lol
His bball IQ is so terrible
Cant be bailed by the refs that time
That was Desmond banes fault
Looks to me like they’re doing the switch everything ATO defense and Paolo fucks it up
Did he even get any ball?!?
let it be known that my brother in law thinks that lebron has a historically great whistle and said this was not a foul. incidental contact by paolo and got the ball first. thanks for listening to my TED talk.
should’ve let bron shoot free throws. ball don’t lie. thanks, luke :)
Your BIL sniffs bus seats
There are literally dozens of us. DOZENS
Who sat tho
Your BIL sounds like the average r/nba user
This gave me flashbacks of Tatums foul on Bron
At least Bron is keeping composure this time lmao. This one didn’t cost him the game tbf
Bro he gets fouled so much w/ no calls… I thought we were gonna get another Celtics game meltdown Lebron moment lol
Crazy at 41 he is still not getting calls
At this point feels like the league just wants him gone
Magic would’ve been better off if Bron got fouled. He would’ve missed one lmao
This is what I was thinking when we still got the ball back, Bron isn’t likely to make both FTs and we had a chance to take a 3 and prevent OT
My GOAT would likely miss 1 and he’d be the lightning rod for the loss again. I prefer this ending, ball don’t lie lmao
Always makes em when it counts
poetic ball don’t lie moment for us to win after this shit
Hit his whole damn arm man
“Paolo….looks like he got the ball… first” LMAOOOO bro these commentators are something else
If they only called this foul, game would’ve got sent into OT or even a win for the Magic
Paolo ain’t smiling no more I bet 😂
They just hate calling fouls on Bron the guy should never have 2 attempts at the line with how much he drives to the paint.
Soon as I saw him show boating I knew it was over. I’d rather him make that and then have a chance to win at the buzzer or go overtime
Bro I’ve been saying this shit for years dude lmaooo. No matter how old he is, the opponents game plan is to beat tf out of him and hope he doesn’t get the call.
That headline is rage bait. 🤡
Great foul
“to prevent the layup” is a funny way of putting it.
The title of this when he clearly fouled him 😂
Then banchero costs his team the game by leaving kennard wide open
the refs weren’t ready for what happened next
The announcers are stupid?
The announcers and the title of this post is stupid
Oh yeah, he prevented that alright lmao.
All forearm no ball kinda block. Other teams will watch this and just hack Bron every drive. Oh wait, they are already doing this
Where is that super spy cam that NBA used to check LeBron’s foul on Ant?
“why does 6’ 9” 250 lebron flop so much?”
Lebron is ALWAYS the victim of this shit-ass calls
Wait how did they lose
He got the ball and the arm at the same time. Commentor knew it was a foul but don’t want to admit by saying “got to the ball… first”. Hilarious.
on today’s edition of: ball dont lie
Both of Brons feet leave the ground on the pump fake.
From the broadcast angle its like, oh cool, Paolo made a good, high effort play that resulted in a blocked layup buuuut nope. That shit was such a foul.
That looked like it went off LBJ why was it Lakers ball?
even if he slightly touches the ball first after that contact he still has the control of the ball and later raking across the arm dislodges it. it is a clear foul and a missed call
Obviously a foul. But I trust a wide open 3 by Luke Kennard over Lebron making both free throws to tie the game.
Looked like he got the ball first lmao
Wait, does that shuffle/hop count as a travel before the foul or not?
It’s a foul, but it’s also a travel by LeBron.
Holy shit I somehow found a worse take than the “not a foul” people. Lebron jumps prior to receiving the ball, like every basketball player forever has done. Then he takes 0 steps, jumps and shoots. Delete this one.
Brother not there, look closely after he caught the ball at 18-20 as He pump fakes and does another small hop. Slow it down frame by frame.
Idk why you so defensive, the refs missed two calls right there and I’m pointing that out.
Lebron with the patented two feet off the ground pump fake. Not that the game should have even got to this point, but the travel came before the foul.
of course things turned out well for the lakers
still interested in peoples thoughts on this play
edit: all the lakers fans unhappy with the title lol, you all really are stereotypically sensitive. i am a lakers fan but kept the title neutral to avoid influencing the sentiment of the thread. partisan titles are also more liable to be removed by mods. its possible for paolo to have both fouled lebron and recovered to prevent the basket, so there arent any inaccuracies there
Thought it was a pretty obvious foul, especially how they were calling everything else
If it was called correct we’d have either lost or been in OT.
They called this off Paolo
They also didnt call the most obvious foul ever
I mean it went out because the foul
Yea let’s ignore the obvious foul lmao ball don’t lie
I mean PB no J fouled the shit out of him
Now show the inbound play where Lebro knee touched the ball.
NBA called in the elusive 240p drone shot and it still wasn’t very conclusive
Never happened
*pb no j hit it out of bounds
That was a 50⁄50 call, not enough to overturn. But keep hatin’ bruh
Luka was 2 for 13 in the second half
I gotta say I respect the hustle, I don’t even know how you have the energy to hate on every post lmao, you got that award on lock
generational hater run
All time tbh
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Brother it’s gonna be a bloodbath in r/nba with how delusional we’re getting, and I cannot wait for it
you bet your ass I’m gonna learn how to clip highlights just so I can meme that game into oblivion XD
Fr how much hate do you get? Are most people chill about it or is it driving them wild?
Uh, just check my comment history and see for yourself lmao
Lmfao okay it took like seconds to see lolol
Mental illness
Dude, you putting this in multiple threads screams insecurity.
how did it take you this long to figure that out