NBA strips LeBron of triple-double

[MapleLeaf]

From espn.com

NEW YORK -- LeBron James lost his latest triple-double Friday when the NBA determined that one of his rebounds should have been credited to Cleveland teammate Ben Wallace.

James scored a season-high 52 points and had 11 assists Wednesday in the Cavaliers' 107-102 victory at New York. He was believed to have a triple-double when he grabbed what went down as a 10th rebound with less than 2 seconds left.

However, the league reviewed the game and ruled that a rebound given to James with 39.3 seconds remaining should have been credited to Wallace. The corrected statistics now have James with nine rebounds and Wallace with two.

James' performance came two nights after Kobe Bryant set a record at the present Madison Square Garden by scoring 61 points in the Lakers' 126-117 victory over the Knicks.

"I don't go out there for the numbers, I just play my game," James said after Wednesday's game when he was still thought to have recorded a triple-double. "You guys seen every phase of my game tonight, the scoring, the rebounding, the assists and defensively just trying to attack the opposing team.

"I never thought you could look at the box score and see somebody with 50 with a triple-double, but it's happened."

James will get a chance to faceoff against Bryant when the Lakers visit Cleveland on Sunday.

A release from the league said: "All NBA games are reviewed to ensure the accuracy of the game statistics."

Had the triple-double stood, it would have been the first 50-point game in a triple-double since Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in 1975.

James now remains with three triple-doubles this season and 20 for his career.

 

[elcheato]

Kinda BS, but whatever, we still won. And Ben Wallace should have been credited with a lot more rebounds as well. I don't know why the stat recorder doesn't count tap backs to your team as offensive rebounds, Ben had at least 5 of those.

 

[Oiler35]

Who cares. He still has 3 on the season and 20 in his career.

 

[Mexi]

Ben Wallace?
OFF WITH HIS HEAD

I cant believe the NBA did that. Not so historic now. Kobe's MSG > Brons

 

[Pugz]

Kinda BS, but whatever, we still won. And Ben Wallace should have been credited with a lot more rebounds as well. I don't know why the stat recorder doesn't count tap backs to your team as offensive rebounds, Ben had at least 5 of those.

Tap backs?
Like tapping the rebound with one hand to say LeBron? That isn't a rebound lol you need to get full control to get the rbound stat.

 

[Lake Louise]

That`s a bit stupid, but he still had a great night, has 20 in his career(3 this year), and it`s not like he wont do it again.

 

[dlc7619]

Thats the way it goes.

 

[elcheato]

Tap backs?
Like tapping the rebound with one hand to say LeBron? That isn't a rebound lol you need to get full control to get the rbound stat.

Tap backs, as in when your team misses, you tap the ball right back to your team lol. It gives you a second opportunity, I consider it a rebound because you are controlling it back to your team. I saw the replay, that wasn't a rebound by the LeBron. Wallace should have had like 7 boards however.

 

[Pugz]

Tap backs, as in when your team misses, you tap the ball right back to your team lol. It gives you a second opportunity, I consider it a rebound because you are controlling it back to your team.

I don't.
And I seen the rebound they gave back to Ben, lol it was his rebound.

If I was LeBron i'd be more upset with Mo being snubbed, who cares about this.

 

[elcheato]

I don't.
And I seen the rebound they gave back to Ben, lol it was his rebound.

If I was LeBron i'd be more upset with Mo being snubbed, who cares about this.

I'm not disputing the rebound to Ben.. I'm saying he should have had a lot more on other tap backs he had in the game that gave the Cavs a second chance opportunity.

 

[The Young One]

THey didnt want to see kobe get outshined by bron again.

 

[Whisper]

Ridiculous. I'll still take Bron's game though. He didn't do it as smoothly as Kobe did, he's still raw offensively, but everything else he does is monsterous.

 

[.snowy]

Fun Fact:

He has had 3 this year and 20 in his career. it hasn;t been mentioned yet in this thread so I will say it again.

 

[Whisper]

Fun Fact:

He has had 3 this year and 20 in his career. it hasn;t been mentioned yet in this thread so I will say it again.

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Who cares. He still has 3 on the season and 20 in his career.

That`s a bit stupid, but he still had a great night, has 20 in his career(3 this year), and it`s not like he wont do it again.

 

[Yankees2772]

I'm pretty sure he's being sarcastic, and mocking the fact that everybody is mentioning it.

 

[JoshHoward5]

THey didnt want to see kobe get outshined by bron again.

One rebound doesn't change that LeBron's game was still better.

 

[Whisper]

Damn internet. Needs a sarcastic alert notification thing. And it's obvious now that I actually read the last part of his post xD

 

[Mexi]

One rebound doesn't change that LeBron's game was still better.

statistically anyways

 

[Whisper]

Statistically or not, I'd still take his game over Kobe's. I mean he didn't score 52 with the smoothness and the prettiness that Kobe did with his 61, he's still pretty raw offensively, and just powers his way into the lane, but he got the job done.

Hmmm... I think that's the difference there. Kobe's game is just smooth, Lebron is still raw... which is pretty scary because when his game really develops... HOLY SH!T SH!T SH!T SH!T SH!T SH!T!!!!!!

 

[Mexi]

^thats why i'd still take kobe's though. for those reasons you mentioned
he had the magic factor that night