The official NBA referees Twitter account earned a healthy dose of side-eye after it attempted to curry sympathy for an atrocious missed call during Lakers-Celtics Saturday night.
The weekend’s premiere NBA drama came from a whiffed no-call on Celtics standout Jayson Tatum, who clearly fouled Lakers star LeBron James as he tried to net a game-winning basket for Los Angeles at Boston.
James became instantly outraged after the missed call, one that sent the game to overtime and sparked an absolutely hilarious technical foul on Patrick Beverley.
The league had to admit to the Lakers post-game that the call was indeed blown, creating plenty of critiques of the officiating crew that was in Boston.
Well, the NBA referees have come up with a very dramatic reaction to the frustration they’ve been getting.
Like everyone else, referees make mistakes. We made one at the end of last night’s game and that is gut-wrenching for us. This play will weigh heavily and cause sleepless nights as we strive to be the best referees we can be.https://t.co/WyN8QVuTOl
— NBA Referees (@OfficialNBARefs) January 29, 2023
Sleepless nights? Are you kidding? The refs missed a big call, and they’re catching fire for it. It happens. It doesn’t mean these refs deserve to be trolled forever for it, but they’re going to get some negative vibes their way for a bit after playing such an unintentionally crucial role in the outcome of a game.
NBA fans certainly had jokes about this incredibly dramatic Tweet.
Eric Lewis last night https://t.co/G2WGgdHEto pic.twitter.com/eonmTNgu01
— Michael Sykes, II (@MikeDSykes) January 29, 2023
now they doing too much. lol they said ‘gut wrenching’ and ‘sleepless nights’ https://t.co/iP6s1bYHGY
— alex medina (@mrmedina) January 29, 2023
NBA refs coming back home after a long night of ruining teams’ playoff chances https://t.co/uN8j24Cdzm pic.twitter.com/tglwdnhfm7
— Alex Gavrishev (@Alex_MVG) January 29, 2023
How they’re sleeping: https://t.co/PJ9XrU00lY pic.twitter.com/WCJiJs3Yoq
— Tuff (Torrey Craig Stan) (@TuffPlayz) January 29, 2023
“sleepless nights” https://t.co/GFdv0qPOlE pic.twitter.com/kadJWDXQcL
— Malik (@showtimelik) January 29, 2023
The Sleepless nights: https://t.co/P24JCpJbUe pic.twitter.com/PIdfi91DSA
— L. Dot (@LuisMedina650) January 29, 2023
This apology so troll 😭. “Sleepless nights” dog yall don’t care 😂😂. https://t.co/EOyoJtUTGW
— HTB ♨️ (@HenryTheBlasian) January 29, 2023
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂gut wrenching and sleepless nights https://t.co/Zv0CgMEg7q pic.twitter.com/WvqRojdoeg
— Jake Mittel (@JakeMittel) January 29, 2023
“This play will weigh heavily and cause sleepless nights” https://t.co/prvrsMWvpJ
— Kevin O'Connor (@KevinOConnorNBA) January 29, 2023
How the refs slept last night: https://t.co/NW8L7Midcr pic.twitter.com/XTNdz7GKYb
— Simon 💜💛 (@thehoopstown) January 29, 2023
This can’t be a real tweet lol. https://t.co/aXbRCLeqPx pic.twitter.com/MORybanWjb
— Heather Amberson (@HeatherAmbers0n) January 29, 2023
Sleepless nights lol? https://t.co/Tm2eQ7Gv0f
— Farbod Esnaashari (@Farbod_E) January 29, 2023
How those refs slept last night. https://t.co/LNtBQihLf9 pic.twitter.com/cn4AqebIa3
— 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐂𝐃𝐋𝐬 𝐋𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐁𝐁𝐋𝐬 (@TheBKLYNVillain) January 29, 2023
https://twitter.com/KingChargeYT/status/1619829636652990465
“sLeEpLeSs NiGhTs” https://t.co/DiA9fbXYZW pic.twitter.com/UmfwAKlneL
— Stephen Ontiveros (@SC_Ontiveros) January 29, 2023
https://t.co/zDZXFh3IFI pic.twitter.com/S8gMnR34y4
— I Think You Should League Pass (@nbaleave) January 29, 2023
