{"id":387592,"date":"2024-04-24T00:14:29","date_gmt":"2024-04-24T00:14:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=387592"},"modified":"2024-04-24T02:05:26","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T02:05:26","slug":"what-are-we-doing-lebron-storms-out-of-press-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=387592","title":{"rendered":"'What are we doing?': LeBron storms out of press conference"},"content":{"rendered":"

LeBron James<\/a> was seeing red after the Los Angeles Lakers<\/a> watched a golden opportunity slip away.<\/p>\n

His frustration wasn't so much centred on blowing a 20-point lead. Or his late missed 3-pointer that rimmed out with the game tied. Or Jamal Murray's fadeaway buzzer-beater that gave the Denver Nuggets a 101-99 win<\/a> over the Lakers in Game 2 of their first-round series.<\/p>\n

James' anger was more distant \u2014 the NBA<\/a>'s replay centre in Secaucus, New Jersey. At the heart of his wrath was a second-half foul of Michael Porter Jr. that was overturned with the league saying MPJ had made only marginal contact on D'Angelo Russell.<\/p>\n

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"I don't understand what's going on in the replay centre, to be honest," said James, whose team heads back to Los Angeles for Game 3 on Friday (AEST) facing a 2-0 deficit.<\/p>\n

"D-Lo clearly gets hit in the face on the drive. What the (expletive) do we have a replay centre … it doesn't make sense. It makes no sense. It bothers me."<\/p>\n

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James wasn't his usually expansive self in his postgame interview after the Lakers watched Murray and the Nuggets storm back from a 68-48 hole to capture their 10th straight win over the Lakers.<\/p>\n

James had a chance to give the Lakers a lead with around 16 seconds left on a wide open 3-pointer.<\/p>\n

"Rimmed out," lamented James, who finished with 26 points and 12 assists.<\/p>\n

Porter grabbed the rebound, setting up Murray's game-winner, a fadeaway jumper over Anthony Davis as time expired.<\/p>\n

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Earlier in the game, Murray was called for a foul when James drove to the basket, only to have the Nuggets successfully challenge for the foul to be waved off.<\/p>\n

In his replay-centre rant, James referenced the day's earlier game, when the New York Knicks rallied in the final 30 seconds for a wild 104-101 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers.<\/p>\n

The Knicks got the go-ahead 3-pointer from Donte DiVincenzo with 13 seconds left, a possession that started when they stole the ball from Tyrese Maxey.<\/p>\n

Joel Embiid said Maxey was fouled, and also that coach Nick Nurse and some players had attempted to call timeout before the Knicks got the ball.<\/p>\n

"What are we doing?" James said as he ended his postgame interview and walked out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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