LeBron James had hit a layup. The ball had passed through the rim and was falling to the ground. There was nothing any of the Warriors could do to stop it: if they knocked it out, they would be called for goaltending and the basket would still count. All the Cavs had to do was let gravity do its work. Tristan Thompson did not:
Tristan Thompson cost LeBron James a layup with a really dumb basket interference
This is an impressively stupid way to cost your team points.
For a basket to count, the rulebook says the ball has to pass through the rim. We’ve seen players dunk the ball through the rim, only to have it bounce out of their own head as they pass under the rim. But I genuinely can’t recall a player knocking a teammate’s shot through the net and back out for a basket interference call.
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