Watch: LeBron James complains to ESPN announcers about call not overturned
A bad call during Wednesday night’s Los Angeles Lakers-New Orleans Pelicans game led LeBron James to vent about the league’s review process.
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope was called for fouling Brandon Ingram with 1:22 left in the game even though replay showed KCP did not appear to touch Ingram:
NBA officials confirmed foul on KCP??? OMG WTF??? What replay did they watch? pic.twitter.com/XD2pV4SERt
— Eric Eastom (@eze33) November 28, 2019
KCP pleaded his case with Lakers coach Frank Vogel, who then challenged the foul call.
As the officials reviewed the replay, LeBron went over to ESPN’s broadcast crew to vent about how the referees would not overturn the call.
"That's a bad call…when the ref makes that call he don't ever want to be wrong. They're never going to overturn it. Ever."
LeBron James pleads case on Coach's challenge after missed KCP foul call pic.twitter.com/6y8fvTY7Vj
— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPointsApp) November 28, 2019
He was right — the call stood, and Ingram got to shoot a pair of free throws.
If that call does not get overturned, what will? The referees don’t like being wrong, which is a big explanation for the flawed review process.