[Highlight] LeBron does not get continuation on a basket that looks like a continuation
Clown show of a league
I don’t like LeBron but if he punches a ref in this series he’s the undisputed goat
Knock out a ref and immediately retire a’la Antonio Brown would be the best timeline
Knock him out, proceed to the locker room and never come back.
Reminded me of one legendary story. In Croatia, we are crazy about football/soccer, but on top of that there are some amateur indoor soccer tournaments that are rather popular.
In one of the finals, guy scored important goal at the end, jump into the crowd, never got back on the court, went out to the bar next door and ordered a beer.
Absolute legend
This would honestly put him above Jordan and Steph for me.
Homie tried to sneak Steph in like we ain’t gon’ notice.
I get putting MJ over LeBron but putting Curry over LeBron is insanity
Fr, LeBron has been above Steph his entire career. At no point has Steph ever been close. He’s in the pantheon of the all time greats. Best shooter of all time for sure. But the GOAT table only has room for 2.
It makes sense that a Bulls fan would say it though. Anything to put down LeBron so MJ is the goat
Nah I think is this nephews that have no idea about the game. Steph cannot even be in the GOAT convo, he is like 2 levels below MJ & Bron. Below 2 of them you have Magic & Bird for sure, before Steph kicks in.
I’d argue 3: Kareem, MJ, Bron (in no particular order)
I think Kareem is great, but my dad says he doesn’t work hard enough on defense.
Have you ever seen a grown man naked?
Tell your old man to drag Walton and Lanier up and down the court for 48 minutes.
Steph and all his “let your little brother play with you and your friends” fans always trying to force him in places he doesn’t belong
Basketball Jesus at that point. Crashing out for our sins
Bro said Steph 😂😂
Just let go full MMA on them and retire, shit would be legendary.
That’s how you flop or I mean draw for fouls in this era.
It’s the only thing left for him to try to clear Jordan. This is a great idea.
Okc gets to the line way too much
Seriously. So bad
We’re about to be in the era of flopping with OKC being its dynasty.
So exciting…
LeBron would have to jump into Wallace to get the foul, like SGA does, and not step to the side. That was the problem, obviously.
“if i speak i will be in trouble” - JJ
“and those were JJ’s last words before the trouble began” - narrator
Read this in the Arrested Development narrator voice
I can see exactly what he’s thinking lol. That’s that kinda anger where you’re like, if I say a single word, I’m gonna blow the fuck up
He should have just taken the ejection there
Yeah if the game is fixed then there’s no coaching that’ll save you. Might as well say your piece
What can you even say at this point?
This is the second or third one of these today too. One of the worst officiated games I’ve seen in forever, not even enjoyable to watch
This rises to a Lakers/Kings type game to me, these guys need go be investigated. The line was -15.5 for Okc pre game, let’s see how it ends up
And would you look at that
I should bet on okc games
like the refs were not poor enough already, now we have all this betting shite all around. unbelivable
this is so insane.
Hmm what a coincidence :D
There is not fucking way. That is sooooooo blatant. That’s fixing equivalent of hanging dong.
There was an egregious one with Reaves earlier, so ridiculous.
I saw that one and couldn’t figure it out. I personally thought the initial call was soft as butter, but if you’re going to make the call he is CLEARLY taking a shot. It’s either free throws or nothing, you can’t hedge and call it in something in the middle
There was that bs goal tend on an alleyoop lob too…
Bruh we got people saying REAVES isnt getting a good enough whistle? End the subreddit
Glad someone else saying it. Really, really bad officiating
If you don’t like that, you don’t like Thunder Basketball baby!
Every thunder game is like this
I thought 76ers @ Celtics game 7 wouldn’t be topped but tonight takes the cake.
It’s annoying because OKC is a good enough team that if you kill an opposing teams momentum or shave 6-7 pts off of them, it pretty much kills their chance at winning. It’s just bullshit and I’ll never respect this team.
But how will the cover the -15.5 spread if the game is close mid-way through the 3rd? Or hell, in this scenario, when the game is within 10 with just under 6 remaining?
Yeah, they’re a great team. What makes it egregious is the duality in officiating, plus their insufferable fans.
Yeah i don’t even understand it, OKC don’t even need the refs to win because they’re deep as fuck and yet the refs just keep giving them whatever calls they need and all the OKC players play like they know the refs are going to do exactly jsut htat.
Like brother, if Lebron got calls like SGA does he’d have 50k points and 10k playoff points already.
I’ve kinda just expected that for any OKC game there’s gonna be a ton of posts like this
It’s so lame in an otherwise exciting playoffs, and OKC fans wonder why no one gives them respect lol
Brother you’re not allowed to beat OKC in a series we went over this last year.
Imagine needing the refs against this lakers team without luka.
I mean, and that’s it right there folks. A perfect encapsulation of the attitude of so much of the fanbase.
JJ is going to lose his shit post game
should hop on a jaylen Brown livestream and give us some classic content
That is a pay per view opportunity.
call it “REDICK RANTS”
Oh damn, that’s gonna be gold lol
Just said that LeBron gets the worst whistle of any star player in the league
I’d say Steph but Bron is a close 2nd.
as one of the biggest lebron fans in the world, I get it. I have seen Steph mauled with no calls. But LeBron’s whistle in the paint is too funny. Especially this game. Woof. some major flashbacks of some horrible playoff games where LeBron gets nothing called.
Because they think Bron is big and bron makes the basket anyways so they swallow it.
And for why Steph doesn’t get it? No idea, dude gets mauled and the refs are okay with it and he’s small in NBA standards.
yeah but then I see guys like Chet get bumped and goes to the foul line. just insane to me.
Mental how the league doesn’t gaf about the 2 biggest stars of the century
Has Steph ever had a play like when Tatum whacked LeBron’s forearm on what would have produced game-winning free throws? That win left such an awful, awful aftertaste.
I’m sure there’s others, but the one that comes to mind is AD on the pelicans tackling him on the corner 3.
I don’t think he’s had one near the basket but the Rockets have done some of the most egrigous off ball grabbing you’ll ever see
Every highlight of Steph he gets fouled. It is actually insanity. His jersey or arms are grabbed almost every time it feels. They literally had to let it happen I guess because he would just be open every time.
Dude had/has the most incredible motor and turning ability I’ve ever witnessed. If you rewatch Golden State games you will lose calories watching only Steph play
I don’t even like LeBron tbqh, but this is true.
rightly so. terrible officiating tonight- like OKC needs every whistle… How much does draft kings pay these refs to cover a spread?
He is currently
I don’t get it, from the league’s perspective it’d obviously be better if the Lakers can drag this out and make it a series, no? Why they’re so hellbent to send OKC to the WCF in 4?
This is ridiculous
Genuinely what is the point of this? I understand the concept of gifting California and NYC teams favorable calls for the market share but why is OKC so absurdly favored? How is this good for business in any conceivable way
The head of referee operations is literally an okc fan 😭😭
The only reason I can think of is the league benefits with a Villain, like the LeBron heat and KD warriors. They are also trying to push SGA as an all time superstar
They’re trying to make Shai the next LeBron/Curry. They got narratives to push
You can’t be compared to them if you play dirty, that’s a nonstarter
Which is insane to me because SGA is 100% good enough to be an all-timer without the refs help
I don’t think you understand what all-timer means
Is the bar now just being one of the best offensive players in the league?
This right here. Silver the saw MVP w Shai/dynasty w Presti potential and is doing shit to make it happen
Perhaps it’s a bad idea for a legitimate sports league to be manufacturing stars like the WWE
Fabricating an all time superstar is so lame. Its so frustrating to watch in real time.
Presti has Silver’s nudes.
They’re the team of Gen Z. They’re extremely popular with the young generations. The league is national now since everything can be streamed. It’s not like they’re only being watched by their local market, not in 2026
Are they? I’m Gen Z and nobody I’ve ever spoken to about basketball in real life has ever told me they actually enjoy watching OKC or SGA. Of course it’s small sample size, anecdotal, confirmation bias, but it’s been friends (ones that I do talk to about sports others I don’t much at all), people at sports bars, random coworkers my age up to their 50s across two separate offices/companies at this point
Nah he has a point.
I work with teenagers at a school and all they talk about is OKC when it comes to basketball.
Everybody else can’t stand them though.
If anything the “gen z” teams are Minnesota (Ant) and Charlotte (LaMelo) because they’re big on TikTok/Shorts/Reels. Maybe throw in your usual contenders/big markets (GSW/SAS/LAL). Certainly not OKC.
All the zoomers I know are Ant stans, but I only know a few.
small market OKC wins, league gets to say hey whatever we’re doing, its working. small markets can win, see?
OKC brings in the refs over the summer to officiate their practices. Players get to practice foul baiting in front of them and point out how they’re drawing contact on offense and avoiding it on defense.
It makes OKC better at drawing fouls, and makes the refs subtly biased towards OKC since they’re familiar with how a player like Shai draws contact and are more likely to call it.
They started doing it when Harden was there. That’s where he learned to draw contact so well. It’s not some grand league wide conspiracy, it’s just a subtle form of bias that OKC / Sam Presti have exploited.
All you can do is laugh
50K USD fine for you
Sorry, but a certain ref is gonna throw you out of the game for laughing, there’s precedent!
How are the Thunder fans going to defend this?
They’re already out of breath typing up their responses
Nah, they’re all on meth in OK. Infinite energy
Well, you see, its the other 29 fanbases that are clearly blind and wrong
With their bottom percentile education system
They should take a page from their neighbors and just not test the stupid kids.
I mean I’m a thunder fan and that’s a clear as day bad missed call.. but what are the thunder supposed to do?
Stop playing dirty and flopping. That would go a long way.
Horrendous no call there, absolutely baffling
Technically was a call just not the right one
Shoot a no call would have been better it was a made shot
Every game against the thunder you may as well be the 02 kings
Got shot by a drive by while scrolling through the comments
Caught that stray 🤣
It’s cool real ones were already thinking it
This game, the Kings 02, or 2025 G4 Finals?
OKC getting all of the refs support even against LA says a lot. If anything LeBron has earned a call like that, especially since it is actually continuation anyway lol
All I know is this happened 3 or 4 times and LeBron didn’t go to the line once on those possessions.
Refs are ruining playoff basketball. This game was borderline unwatchable
No consistency
oh they’re consistent, consistently gifting OKC and hosing whatever team they’re playing against
that quite literally is the only constant
Wow.. How? I’ve seen players take 2 steps after and it’s counted.
Okc so deep so why are they getting a gorgeous whistle
AT&E
Guess the spread
This was a really horribley officiated game. I’m a Raps fan, I like LeBron and I like Shai, but I don’t care about either of these teams. I am completely partisan with this series.
I think OKC would still be up late with proper calls, but LA would have a chance. The refs turned it into a blowout.
Eerily similar to Raps Cavs game 7….
“To be completely partisan” is the complete opposite of what you mean.
WE GOT ROBBED
You know its bad when even LeBron is now whistled like a scrub.
he always has this whistle. him and steph
That was the reason why he started flopping in the first place.
Always has been
These refs are so bad. Terrible game to watch jesus
This was a terrible call and outright wrong
The world is healing
I have said this before and it has been deleted, the REF’s are not going to let OKC lose. Simple. We all see what this is.
The Lakers were never going to win this series without Luka and honestly even with him but games like this just make it impossible to walk away feeling any real respect for the way that it happened.
Every single team that has played OKC in a series talks like this besides maybe Indiana? Every other team that plays them the coach has to talk about it to the press how they get to play a different sport. Its just unbearable becuase they could pretty easily win championships without all of this
We were never going to win this which is why its so infuriating when even the refs are fucking hosing us. Youd think they would even need the extra help
How is that not an And-1?
Respect for being objective 🤝
Thunder fans please take this guy as an example
Dude the Thunder fans in the game thread are genuinely mentally regarded it’s unreal
Clown ass league
At this point lakers are 5 vs 8
Presti has dirt on Adam silver
Pack it up boys
We know exactly who’s gonna win the title and bring home another ratings plummet like last year
Victor and the spurs will stop this madness
Wtf was that?!? Should have been an and 1! No reason for that foul to be on the floor! Shit refs!
OKC Refs vs Lakers
The Steph Curry treatment
First thing that came to mind lol
Boycott NBA. Stupid OKC floppers, bitch.
Yeah I’m done with watching the playoffs outside of Sixers games lol. This is just shameful at this point.
OKC is fraudulent
I mean that’s an And-1 for Shai, but whatever we’re in clown League I guess.
Not the first person to say it, and I won’t be the last, but it’s times like this where I really feel like if we’re fining players for criticizing the refs, we should be fining the refs for the terrible decisions they make, like this one, especially during the playoffs.
Does this happen in other sports?
Should have been continuation. They did that twice in the 2nd half. Awful refs.
This shiii is entertainment atp…simply unwatchable. ✌️
Is this the new league? Going to take a 2 year hiatus like 2017 and 2018 and nothing relevant will be missed
Man this game got me sticking up/ rooting for the Lakers! SMH my head
Worst officiated game of the playoffs. Ive never seen anything like it
Lakers up at halftime, was not part of the script. They need to allow challenges to be infinite if you get them all correct. That 3rd quarter completely ruined the vibe of the game. Foul after foul after foul all in one direction. and OKC probably would’ve won regardless so I just don’t understand it
What a shit product you have NBA
Refs have to make money too, they need to protect the spread for OKC. This is what happens when gambling is such a big part of the league.
I don’t know how much OKC owners have bought the refs at this point.
And I am a Bulls fan.
I’ve never been that guy, but this shit is fixed.
I think it’s the very next play that Austin draws the same foul behind the line and gets three shots.
WHAT.THE.FUCK is continuation?!
is okc threatening to drop the silver files if they lose or some shit
I don’t get what the NBA is doing. OKC don’t need ref help to win, they’re good enough. All this is doing is making the entire NBA fanbase and casuals resent the presumptive back-to-back champs.
The league pulling for OKC over LA is crazy to me.
The refs killed the game. Shit was not fun to watch. Every OKC possession ended in a foul
This kind of call at this point in the game is totally demoralizing. A 3 point play gets them within striking distance and grows momentum. But nah let’s just stop that right there.
The NBA is just as scripted as WWE
This shot fucking cost me 1000 on LeBron 25 points. Fuck the NBA
5 on 8 after the Lakers finished the half in the lead. This league is a fucking joke.
Okc doing this in a series against LeBron is gonna highlight and force them to address the reffing issue for next year
this lakers team could compete with the thunder but…..vegas
”Continuation for me, but not for thee”, declared the referee.
”Line my pockets with that gambling money, hihihi”
Even Steph would (mostly) get this call.
That being said, I don’t love that this is a foul. LeBron was initiating the contact. Wallace was basically bracing himself because he knew he was going to get smacked.
Next time when they make such a shit call. lakers should just proceed to walkout of the court. Why should Lakers Players be made clown in someone’s circus.
I miss how the game used to be reffed… no gather step or continuation was laxed.
Even I feel bad for the Lakers on that one. That’s wild.
If OKC wins back-to-back, they will be the least respected team to do it.
When does a team just leave the game? If the refs are fucking up the game and we the viewers are only paying attention on what THE REFS ARE DOING. Just call it a day and leave. The game is fucking horrible to watch if we have to discuss every single whistle.
Wow. I can appreciate JJ’s frustration haha. 100% worth whatever fine(s) if he ends up getting any from speaking out against the refs. I think it’s hilarious the league fines players and coaches for holding refs accountable. If the league doesn’t want refs being criticized, then don’t give folks a reason to call you out? 🤷♂️
I’m a certified hater of both the Lakers and LeBron. The refs in this game sucked, snd they were obviously biased towards OKC. This isn’t a product that anyone should support.
In a few years time … “oh cute did you think nba is a real sport? It’s just fixed matches with overpaid actors” .. scouts are watching nba games to see their next cast for space Jam
Lebron has taken 4 FT this series…
Yes I’m a lakers fan, but if SGA made this move and got the continuation I wouldn’t be mad at all because that would’ve been the right call and should be the call. But WTF is this? I’ve never in my long years of watching the NBA been so confused by this blatant favoritism to the OKC. LeBron does not deserve this and NBA fans don’t deserve this. Fuck you refs and the organization for enabling this clown show. This is the playoffs. Let them play and be consistent in your calls.
We have strayed too far from gods light
The refs sucked all game
And one
Most blatant missed call.
AND OKC gets soft calls like wtf. Can’t keep momentum when they call foul after another
Not that you should have to but can you challenge calls like this?
How many upvotes if SGA got this call?
Refs starts to call the foul the moment LeBron gets separation from the defender
LeBron’s going to retire after this series. Watch.
It’s funny that all the videos on Reddit work but the bitching of the refs of the LA OKC game. F’ing rigged
He shouldve gotten it.