Jayson Tatum responds to LeBron James' grievance after no-call in Celtics-Lakers

Tatum responds to LeBron’s latest complaint after C’s-Lakers no-call initially appeared on NBC Sports Boston

LeBron James nonetheless is not over the foul that wasn’t.

Boston ahead Jayson Tatum appeared to obviously foul James on a layup try within the ultimate seconds of regulation in Saturday’s Celtics-Lakers recreation at TD Backyard, however the referees missed the decision and allowed the sport to go to additional time, the place the Celtics pulled away for a 125-121 win.

James was incredulous within the second and still perplexed by the no-call after the sport, tweeting his frustration late Saturday night. A day of reflection apparently did not change his emotions, both: On Sunday night time, LeBron posted a video of the play on his Instagram story and tagged Tatum with the sarcastic caption, “Good block @jaytatum0.”

Tatum took the call-out in stride with an harmless response on his own IG story: “Final night time was (a) blur… good recreation champ.”

That is primarily the same reaction Tatum had after the game when requested whether or not he thought he fouled James on the play.

“The final two minutes and additional time was a blur,” Tatum responded with a sly smile. “I don’t actually know what occurred. Assume I’ve to observe the sport, watch the movie. All the things occurred so quick. Gotta transfer on and we received the win. That’s all I’ve received to say about that.”

Saturday’s recreation was simply one among 82 for each groups, however the refs’ missed name precipitated such a commotion that the official NBA Referees Twitter account felt the necessity to launch a dramatic assertion.

It is true the officers missed this name — crew chief Eric Lewis admitted as much after the game — and it is true the Lakers most likely would have received had James been awarded free throws as time expired in regulation.

However Los Angeles additionally blew a number of different alternatives to win Saturday night time (L.A. led by three factors with lower than 10 seconds remaining, for instance), and one loss will not price the workforce its season — until LeBron and Co. refuse to let this “injustice” go.