I understand this point, but they NEVER call this. LeBron steps over the line early on almost every free throw he takes.

People out there in the world bet on different aspects of games than just the official Vegas lines you know.

What I’ve always found odd about NBA officiating is how arbitrary they are about their anal-retentiveness. Shoelace on the out-of-bounds line? TURNOVER! Toenail on the three-point line? STOP THE GAME; WE GOTTA GO TO REPLAY AND GET THAT SHIT RIGHT! Blatant lane violation? Meh, that’s immaterial, stop being such a…

If LeBron had gone to the line instead of Hill, then the L2M report would have had two uncalled lane violations on him for stepping over the foul line early, as he’s done in on every FT he’s taken in these playoffs (and, lest I look like a lunatic Celtics fan, like every free throw Isaiah Thomas took for Boston last…

Worse than it not getting enforced is that it gets enforced according to the ref’s discretion. So if a ref has been holding a game- or season-long grudge against a player or head coach, they can choose to screw them over at a chosen moment.

I don’t think the league would be the one bribing officials, if such a thing were going on, they already sign their paychecks. If refs were being bribed, it would be by outside interests who wouldn’t necessarily give a shit about ratings.

lane violations are the new travel.

Also, the lucky break goes the Kevin Love who came off the bench and - according to the WRITTEN laws of basketball - should be suspended for Game 2.

It seems to me that Thompson likes to put his elbows in people’s faces acting like it is a block. He did the same on the earlier play to Steph. By letter of the law, he should have been suspended for what he did to Draymond but the refs probably thought he deserved it so let it go. That said, I seriously doubt we see…

Are we really going to start ruing missed lane violations now?

Would you be at all surprised a ref was being paid off?

“What an ugly, dumb, weird sequence that was.”

STOP!

Just busting your balls, LC.

They don’t tolerate differing opinions of any kind here at Deadspin.

Yeah, this being Deadspin, you’d think the article would have picked up on that with a snarky aside, maybe even in the first paragraph.

The little boy shorts really undercut his walkout, lol. He looks like he’s going on time out.

One’s opinion on the call clearly reflects whether one thinks Lebron is better than Jordan.

Also make sure every official take here is pro-Cavs for consistency.

I agree that’s a block, not a charge. Looking at the video, when Durant is attacking the hoop going around Green, by the time he’s at the free throw line (1 step away from leaving the floor) Lebron is still at the edge of the key, and in that last step slides all the way over to the middle of the key right in front of…