On First Take, Stephen A. Smith and Tim Legler assess whether the NBA has an officiating problem, following the NBA referees admitting they missed a call at the end of the Lakers vs. Celtics.
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Who gets all calls correct? In any sport? That blown call doesn't give Lebron the right to cry foul. The late Vince Lombardi said it best: Act like you've been there before. Be a role model. Lebron's antics make all younger basketball players think they can't accept the calls of officials.
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The Ref actually got the call right why ? Because James actually walked on that play so that makes it a no call at that point. Because if he calls walk the foul doesn’t happen. The Ref actually let them play
He walked on the same play. That’s what makes it a no call. If the Ref calls walk the foul doesn’t happen it’s Boston ball anyway
Lebron should have taken this bad call and killed them in overtime. Instead he lays down..Bad calls is part of the game and basketball is a physically sport, play volleyball if you don't like it..
Why not add a challenge system like the nfl?
Stephen A is correct on this one. Its their job to officiate correctly. Might as well automate the referees then
The refs were horrible in the last few minutes of that game they literally kept Boston in the game
Wow stephen A smith didn't bring the race card? WOW hahaha
If the Dam Refee can’t do there job they don’t need the job………Your Fired , Ternimated ………Get Outta Here……….!
This faul showed the nba is rigging games. Literally the ref was right there looking at it.
Well, boo-hoo, there's no easy job!
Referees and police officers think they have the worst jobs smh
They need to fine every ref that misses a call like what happened to Lebron James. And I guarantee the refs who didn't make the call for Lebron will go from being blind to now they're able to see.
those calls get missed all the time what’s the problem now ?? It happens in the NBA, NFL & MLB… it happens ALL THE TIMEEEE
Too many high-end cameras covering every game but a simple foul can't review.
AlL you need to do review and go from there ? is that easy?????LOL
i agree with stephe A, basketball is not a team sport. its a superstar sport. no other team sport that you can win a championship with just 2 to 3 superstars and a bunch of bums.
6:15 has bro even been watching the NBA? Ever game I see i’m seeing some bs calls
They called 2 fouls on PG in Chicago where he never touched the guy and Zubac got called b4 any contact was made. They make bad calls every game
They missed his walk
How about we get fair and unbiased officiating for ALL? Because if it hadn’t happened to Lebron they wouldn’t even be talking about this 🙄
Hopefully this season is an anomaly because the officiating has been horrible based on the 2 minute reports
NBA needs VAR
We "used" to enjoy going to the Phoenix Suns games, we got so tired of bad referees and bad calls costing our Suns points, we stopped going! Who needs to pay money just to get pissed on and end up getting pissed off!
It ain't cost them the game at all… They had 5:00 minutes left in OT
LBJ stop playing and that's (ALL)
Just being honest. I can't listen to Mr. Smith, he is annoying! The loudest person in the room is the weakest person in the room.
It’s a regular season game. They miss calls ALL the time. It’s just because it’s Lebron. If it’s the playoffs then I understand. It’s a random game.
Luka would’ve got that call easily
This is why Joker james is not a goat. the biggest cry baby we have ever seen. MJ ,WC,PPM, LB, ALL OTHER GOATS Would not have pissed and cry and stomped off the court like Joker james did here. 20 years and still crying foul. Suck it butter cup
The whole time they’ve been cheating against GSW. Steph never gets calls but when they try to block, rebound or steal- they call fouls against them
He is right on Refs affecting temperament of the game, and that's not right. People don't attend game to watch Ref. Majority of Tech have been ridiculous. No wonder we call them soft.
I just hate the narrative is “they shouldn’t have it come down to that” like close games aren’t apart of the game. What’s not and shouldn’t be apart of the game, are missed calls. The fact is that he beat the defenders to the basket and put himself and his team in the position to win the game. But it was ripped from him as soon as they didn’t blow the whistle. Which in turn makes that the refs fault completely.
Whatever the reasons of refs or analyst or player, whether it was Bron, mj, curry, or a D league player, a ref shouldn't have missed that call happening in front of you, when the player was driving from the top all the way to the basket.
But the play was a travel!!!!
Hmm.. so why didn’t you all complain about the offensive foul that AD made and the refs missed it. 😂 resulting to Lakers winning in the OT
In Australia we will drop officials for this in the nrl,nbl,a league and nrl,the NBA needs to do the same.
LeBron Crystal to much and should have got a tech.
It's not that difficult because you got 2 other refs & video to go off. They're allowed to look at video in slo mo and different angles.
The refs has been making bad calls a lot but whenever it happens to Lebron James, its a whole problem