Festus Ezeli avoids flagrant foul for play on Tristan Thompson

The NBA reviewed a play by Festus Ezeli in the first quarter of Game 5 of the NBA Finals on Monday for a potential flagrant foul, but they determined no such foul was committed.

Here’s the play where Ezeli comes down hard on Cleveland’s Tristan Thompson:

Most would agree the contact by Ezeli should not have resulted in a flagrant foul, so they would agree with the refs. But after what happened at the end of Game 4, it’s understandable why the officials took extra precautions on this one.