Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James has sounded off at the NBA’s replay center after a controversial call in the team’s 101-99 Game 2 loss to the Denver Nuggets on Tuesday.
James, who had 26 points, 12 assists and eight rebounds in the defeat, was highly critical of a successful Nuggets challenge on a shooting foul called against Michael Porter Jr. on D’Angelo Russell late in the third quarter.
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Replays seemed to show Porter Jr. swiping at Russell’s face but crew chief Scott Foster later announced over the public address system that the call had been overturned as the contact was ruled to be “marginal”.
Russell himself was clearly infuriated by the call, writing on X after the game, “That’s a foul we all saw it on national television”, and…
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