Jayson Tatum hilariously blames LeBron James incident for ref disrespect

Jayson Tatum couldn’t buy a call against the New York Knicks on Monday night. Twice the Boston Celtics forward felt contact from an opposing defender that went unpenalized. Both times he blew his top, leading to the first ejection of his career. Could LeBron James, somehow, be involved in why?

Tatum didn’t hide his frustrations after the game. He vented during the postgame press conference about the specific instances wherein he felt the referees unjustly swallowed their whistles.

But it was only after the game that he identified the likely source of the non-calls that went against him: his own non-call against LeBron James.

Lakers fans vividly remember the moment from a few weeks back when Jayson Tatum very clearly fouled LeBron on what would have been the game-winning layup during their January clash in Boston. Instead, James was left dumbfounded by the non-call and lambasted the refs postgame as LA ended up losing the game to the Celtics in overtime.

Lakers fans vividly remember the moment from a few weeks back when Jayson Tatum very clearly fouled LeBron on what would have been the game-winning layup during their January clash in Boston. Instead, James was left dumbfounded by the non-call and lambasted the refs postgame as LA ended up losing the game to the Celtics in overtime.