LaMelo Ball hits the driving layup with 26s left to put the Hornets up 5…but Amazon Prime missed it. Here’s the video from NBA.com
Definitely a travel - hopped on the last step to regain balance.
Cinema Nonetheless
I don’t think it’s a travel. But it’s REALLY close.
I saw a closeup video and it was very hard to tell if that foot moved. If it did, it was barely. Not surprised they didn’t call that.
Don’t see a back court violation either
His pivot foot clearly moves. That’s a travel. It’s not debatable or “close”.
Yep, 100%. If they showed a replay it’d be even clearer, but in real time that looked like a travel too.
Yeah it’s very close actually. Don’t think it’s a travel
You don’t know the rules.
It’s a travel by the letter of the law but they’re never calling that
The foot clearly moved. I don’t see what’s so close about it.
I wasn’t clear enough. It can move, it can’t leave the ground and return
No, you cannot move your pivot foot. LMAO
You can. You can pivot, or lift it right up until nothing is touching.
As long as he had a toe on the ground, or the side of his foot, and didn’t slide, it’s not a travel.
I think most of us think it either lifted/returned or slid.
You can lift and return if part of it is still touching
It’s the same as a pump fake
Not if the part that’s touching is sliding
When I said lifted/returned I meant the whole toe (and thus whole foot) came off the ground. I think The strongest evidence is that his foot ended up in a place it wasn’t before, and it clearly wasn’t based on a pivot
LaMelo’s nickname is twinkle toes
He got ballerina moves
I feel like you guys are gaslighting me. Never in the history of the nba have you been able to slide your pivot foot with a hop. Sure it can move as you pivot around but you can’t just keep in on the ground and slide it around.
This to me is a clear obvious travel.
Most people in this sub don’t know the rules. You are correct though, it’s clearly and obviously a travel.
There’s so much ThEy NeVeR cAlL tRaVeLs that people don’t even consider that sometimes they do
Keywords: to you
Definitely a travel
No one calls travels in the NBA
Well, he also got fouled about 5 times starting in the backcourt then all the way to the rim unless handchecking is legal in the playoffs, so it was more of a play on situation.
Nah. It’s a dead leg thing that he’s been doing for the last month or so.
Do you not think his foot left the floor?
If you wanna call a travel there then you have to call the blocking foul too. Refs decided to let them play
I think “let them play” is usually reserved for contact/fouls and not things like travels etc, but I hear you.
I think he got up on his toe but not all the way off the floor.
The replay is a little better angle, but I agree it’s really, really close regardless. Not complaining about the call as much as complaining I didn’t see it because I paid for Prime lol
Yeah it looks like he pivoted on his toe
Absolutely fair.
He clearly moved his whole foot
Sure, but if it’s not all the way off the floor it’s not a travel.
this is a cool idea. You can lift your toes up, rotate left. toes down. Lift your heel, rotate left. Heel down. Repeat.
That way you can shimmy all the way across the floor without ever lifting your foot all the way off. No traveling ever. The shimmy loophole!
Oh cool so you can just pivot all the way around the floor according to you lmao
His foot moves a couple of inches to the left, it’s completely clear in the NBA.com video.
Brother what?
Nonsense.
I don’t see the back-court violation at all.
I concur, the heel didn’t touch
I think you’re right, but it’s about as close as you can get without it being one. I mentioned it because (I think) the Miami staff was complaining
the live side angle looked like a backcourt to me. The from behind camera angle made it seem like his heel didn’t touch - but it wasn’t conclusive to me. Close enough to where you can’t really complain it wasn’t called, similar to the “travel”.
Replay: https://streamable.com/stbpaw
Adding this to main post body text, thanks!
understandable that the refs didn’t see it, it’s very hard for the baseline ref to see the lift with their angle, but he does lift up his foot to make the shot
Ref on the sideline bottom of the screen has an unobstructed view and decides to swallow the wistle.
This is why everyone should be pirating NBA games instead of giving any money to international criminal, Jeff Bozo.
I’m not avoiding pirating cuz I love giving bezos money. I’m avoiding pirating cuz there’s only so many times you can freeze mid play, refresh the stream, and clear out 8 Jerkmate and BetMGM ads.
(Plz don’t tell me abt Adblock lol. I’m watching on iOS)
At least the Jerkmate ads offer you something to watch as well.
Trust me lol, when ur screen casting to the living room TV and your moms in the kitchen, you cross your heart and pray to every god it’s gonna be BetMGM
I see just as many BET MGM ads on Amazon Prime. And if they are going to cut out at the end of the game on a clutch play is there really any difference? Also you can find very reliable streams thats don’t cut out a key moments. I have a site I’ve been using for the last couple of years with 0 issues. I know its more of a hassle but I sleep well knowing I’m not supporting Jeff Bezos
DM me the site plz lmfao. I’ve used the starred top-tier streams on the /r/piracy mega thread up til now and no shot.
Amazon missed one key play. In ten years of streaming games on my phone, I think I’ve missed atleast 2 key plays a game on every single one. Having the ESPN play by play open on the next app is second nature to me.
There’s a ton of great blocking in iOS, I use https://apps.apple.com/us/app/1blocker-ad-blocker/id1365531024
Dont disagree with you that pirate streams are not a good enough user experience to use unless there’s no other option
CEO, entrepreneur, born in 1964
I prefer the term tax evader and the man who killed most small businesses in North America. Also a master in labour exploitation.
Man no one is calling that a travel
Between the dead air at a crucial point in the game and no Eric Collins, Jeff Bezos can get fucked.
Ironically the Spanish feed worked fine… Couldn’t understand the commentary but I saw that play
Full game link for anyone who wants to see the full ending and context around the Tyler hero and LaMelo bucket: https://youtu.be/7HzmiR5Ggo4?si=vw8UO3jSePpUnN9Q
I started the game watching a stream from a not to be named source - remembered it was on prime so switched over. But at this moment I quickly switched back to the stream so didn’t miss anything. I’m curious what the source was for the stream since it wasn’t prime.
The issue was clearly related to when the suns game tipped off
I’ve heard if you watched on League Pass it was uninterrupted, which means you’re probably right (as those would be carried separately anyways). I wasn’t aware games on Prime were even available on LP to be honest.
Prime better not glitch during tonight’s games!!
He traveled.
I actually agree that this was not a travel.
You can’t hop on your pivot foot. Textbook travel.
I’ve never yelled louder than when this feed cut out
I was losing my mind lol. My dog even got scared, I had to apologize to her after.
I’m sure your apology included snuggles (i hope) but I find it funny imagining you just verbally apologizing with a “oh my bad” and moving on lol
Obvious travel.
Smh
When you replay it, sure. I had to rewind 2-3 times to come to the conclusion though, so it makes perfect sense that it wasn’t called.
They’re never calling this a travel in 2026
And 5 obvious fouls too.
Looks clean enough
Lamelo has been doin the dead leg layup all season, it’s not a travel
It’s 100 a travel he hopped on the same foot twice
If he did it’s only because he’s impeded on his driving line by Mitchell’s blocking foul. Boohoo
“It’s not a travel but if it is it’s actually foul against him” lol
Yes that is what the clip is showing, good work
It’s obviously a travel. His left foot was his pivot foot and he hopped on it
Nah
It’s wild how many hornets fans are denying something that is very obvious to see lol
This is basically LaMelos signature move at this point, trust me we know a lot better than you
You realize that Stephon Castle and Harrison Barnes both do this a lot too right? Ball traveled here because he hopped on his pivot foot. It’s really clear.
i realize that you really want it to be, but its not, and thats why it wasnt called
Lmao why would I care at all? You’re the one that would be biased in this situation. It wasn’t called because it was hard to see. I don’t blame the refs for missing this at all. But it was a travel.
agree to disagree, have a good one
Lots of guys do the decel move these days (Ant, for one), but there’s a pretty clear line between a travel and not a travel that hinges on whether you lift or slide your foot you’re “decel-ing” on. I think this one was close, so I don’t blame the refs for missing it, but from the video I think he either lifted his foot or slid on his toes, either of which would be a travel.
Maybe it’s easier to see on the replay.
As the OP’s vid shows clearly, his foot moves left several inches. That’s not possible without lifting it.
It’s possible he slid it…but that’s still a travel
Theyll deny the dirty play by Lamelo, deny Bridges did anything wrong
Of course theyll deny this. Hornets are a poverty franchise, if they were contenders they would get way more hate and the fanbase would be hated on
Indeed. On Prime after the blackout Van Gundy was talking about it but their replay was from the far end so you couldn’t see it.
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It’s very clearly a travel.
He hopped on his left foot when he was by the basket
Oh, is that why his toes are in a different spot when he lands after he hopped?
So you think you can just slide your pivot foot across the floor as long as you keep it on the ground? That’s a travel bro
And 1 hop.
Not a travel. He kept that foot down and never brought his other foot down. His left foot is step 0 (gather), his right foot is his pivot, you can pick up your pivot but it can’t touch the ground again.
To me, I think he comes off his left foot and comes back down on the same foot, which is by definition a travel, but it’s really, really close. The backcourt doesn’t seem to be a thing as his heel doesn’t come down, but I can see why Miami’s staff thought it might be.
Yeah I actually agree. That last foot shifted. It was pretty close. I don’t think he was backcourt for sure.
L2M will say heat should be thankful zebras were in their pocket all game, quit cryin. Zero teams in the NBA foul only 9 times over 53 minutes.
Well lamelo got no call and no review on a leg sweep that took out bam so think yall are ok when it comes to the refs. Sure would’ve been nice for the heat to have a DPOY type presence down the stretch with these layups
Sure would have been nice for the refs to blow the whistle on one end of the court. I ain’t shedding a tear for those bitches
While bam was laying on the ground hurting? Yea I agree. Would’ve been a great time for a whistle there
Hope his booty hole ain’t too hurt
Damn. You’re a tough ass 10 year old. Elite comment
Elite gaf
Makeup noncalls for your little goon intentionally tripping Bam.