This was called a foul on Anthony Tolliver....

[superduper]

People calling this a foul really need to experience true basketball from the 90s.

Pathetic

[Uncle Drew]

clearly clips LeBron's left leg

https://streamable.com/cuedp

Jep. It was unintentional, but a foul regardless.

[FKAri]

Undercut him with his knee but it's one of those Bruce Bowen plays where was it intentional or incidental and how much contact is needed before you can really call it a foul?

[Trollsmasher]

Anthony Tolliver still didn't foul LeBron

Just because your heel taps someones knee doesn't make it a foul on the person with the knee.

If you really call THAT a foul, it's as much as an offensive kick foul as it is a defensive kneeing foul

It's just not a foul straightup, they don't call that a foul in any league outside the NBA.

You'd have a point if LeBron actually kicked out but it was a natural jumping motion

Due to the danger associated with unexpected contact onto fully airborne players, in this situation the onus is wholly on the defender to avoid contact

[Keno]

clearly clips LeBron's left leg

https://streamable.com/cuedp

obvious foul with a consideration for a Flagrant 1 for dangerous play

nice call by the refs.

[MoBe1Kanobi]

You'd have a point if LeBron actually kicked out but it was a natural jumping motion

Due to the danger associated with unexpected contact onto fully airborne players, in this situation the onus is wholly on the defender to avoid contact

And Tolliver was in a natural running motion going in a straight line on the side of lebron and put LeBron in no danger, LeBron took off from farther than he was capable of and because of that he made contact with tollivers knee

Making contact /= foul

Everyone calling this a foul is simply looking for contact. Not even looking for the actual FOUL.

no foul occurred. Just a hair of NATURAL contact from LeBron into tollivers knee since he took off to far and Tolliver was actually slowing down CONCEDING THE OPEN LAYUP to LeBron if he actually would've waited another dribble.

Not a foul.

[MoBe1Kanobi]

Lmao watched it again on the Blazer replay, lebrons lower body is out of control if anything, guy stretched his legs backwards into the Jordan logo tapping BACKWARDS into tollivers knee

WHERE IS THE FOUL?

[Rico2016]

clearly clips LeBron's left leg

https://streamable.com/cuedp

obvious foul with a consideration for a Flagrant 1 for dangerous play

How did OP miss this?

[Manny98]

Blatant foul.

[MrFonzworth]

clearly clips LeBron's left leg

https://streamable.com/cuedp

obvious foul with a consideration for a Flagrant 1 for dangerous play

Wasn't a basketball play, should've been a flagrant. Tolliver get's dusted, as LeBron goes up, if you zoom in, you can see Tolliver stare down at LeBron's heel and start to smirk right before kicking his leg out.

[Real14]

Definitely a blatant foul.