LeBron James said he could not “understand” how officials missed a late foul against him as his Los Angeles Lakers side suffered a 125-121 overtime defeat by the Boston Celtics.<\/span><\/p>\n James was denied a foul by Jayson Tatum when driving for the basket with the scores level at 105-105 and 4.1 seconds left in regulation time.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Officiating crew chief Eric Lewis later said his team had “missed the play.”<\/span><\/p>\n James scored a game-high 41 points in the defeat.<\/span><\/p>\n “I don’t understand it,” he said on the foul by Tatum not being given in his side’s favour.<\/span><\/p>\n “You’ve seen some of the games we’ve lost with late-game missed calls. I don’t see it happening to nobody else.”<\/span><\/p>\n James took his tally to 38,271 career points and is 116 away from Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s all-time scoring record. <\/span><\/p>\n “As much as you try not to put it on officiating, it’s becoming increasingly difficult,” said LA Lakers coach Darvin Ham.<\/span><\/p>\n “The best player in the NBA can’t get a call. It’s amazing.”<\/span><\/p>\n James’ team-mate Anthony Davis added: “I guarantee you nothing’s going to happen to the ref. We got cheated. It’s a blatant foul. The refs were bad tonight.”<\/span><\/p>\n Lewis, speaking after the game, said: “There was contact. At the time, during the game, we did not see a foul.”<\/span><\/p>\n Elsewhere, Joel Embiid registered 47 points and 18 rebounds as the <\/span>Philadelphia 76ers<\/strong> emerged with a 126-119 win against Nikola Jokic and the <\/span>Denver Nuggets<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n It was a seventh straight win for the Sixers and a ninth game this season in which Embiid has scored at least 40 points.<\/span><\/p>\n The<\/span> Brooklyn Nets<\/strong> beat the <\/span>New York Knicks <\/strong>122-115 to secure a ninth win in a row over their rivals.<\/span><\/p>\n Kyrie Irving scored 21 of his 32 points for the Nets in the fourth quarter as he scored 30 or more points for the sixth successive game.<\/span><\/p>\n Other results included the <\/span>Phoenix Suns<\/strong> earning a 128-118 victory against the <\/span>San Antonio Spurs,<\/strong> the <\/span>Chicago Bulls<\/strong> beating <\/span>Orlando Magic<\/strong> 128-109 and the <\/span>LA Clippers<\/strong> winning 120-113 against the <\/span>Atlanta Hawks.<\/strong><\/p>\n
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