38 Responses to “LeBron’s Swat on Dwight: Block or Foul?”

1. May 21st, 2009 at 12:11 pm

   Phillyfanatic says:

   Clear foul

2. May 21st, 2009 at 12:12 pm

   Kwright says:

   Imma have to say King James got it clean!! Where Amazing Happens!!

3. May 21st, 2009 at 12:13 pm

   isotope says:

   who cares? Magic win!

4. May 21st, 2009 at 12:14 pm

   bullet380 says:

   I know people want to debate, but this isn’t debatable. Obvious foul.

5. May 21st, 2009 at 12:15 pm

   SJ says:

   Def a foul… but he’s big, so he can take it. Big guys don’t get fouls in the NBA.

6. May 21st, 2009 at 12:15 pm

   Kermit the Washington says:

   I can’t believe I’m saying this, but…

   If that was Dwight on defense, you KNOW they would’ve called a foul. But I think it’s a no-call either way.

7. May 21st, 2009 at 12:16 pm

   AznPeoplesChamp says:

   It was cleary a foul…although it was Lebron who did it so of course there won’t be a call.

8. May 21st, 2009 at 12:22 pm

   liukz says:

   the question should be:

   if the defender wasnt lebron james, is this a Foul?

   HELL YEAH..clear Foul

9. May 21st, 2009 at 12:25 pm

   QQ says:

   hmmm… Even though I think 99% of the calls went the Cav’s way, I think this play is actually debatable. Kinda nice block at the top of Dwight’s jump, but there’s some contact afterward.

   But it’s not like it’s a ‘really obvious foul’ that these cats were saying (and YES, I’M A MAGIC FAN). It could have gone either way.

10. May 21st, 2009 at 12:27 pm

    Sacc says:

    Definitely a foul but it’s Lebron so it’s obviously not gonna get called just like the foul they called on Dwight when he played perfect d against Lebron at the end of the game Lebron gets every call and he can’t close a game which is why Kobe is still the best

11. May 21st, 2009 at 12:27 pm

    Lakers Nation says:

    Umm . . . for someone to challenge dwight on a 2 handed dunk is enough for me to say any kind of ticky tacky foul is cool with me . . . that was clearly all ball and Lebron met him up there mano a mano . . .dwight needs a mean streak! can’t imagine anyone doing that to shaq

12. May 21st, 2009 at 12:30 pm

    Dagomar says:

    This was part of such a crazy sequence. Insane dunk on one end, insane block on DWIGHT HOWARD on the other, and a threeball. Who else in the NBA does that? Who in NBA history could ever do that?

13. May 21st, 2009 at 12:30 pm

    liukz says:

    hey dime you shoul put the link of the video when they call foul number 6 on D.Howard against Lebron…
    that one is a ridiculous no contact …the refs just trying hard to give the W to the cavs and giving lebron some treatment not even Jordan had.

14. May 21st, 2009 at 12:30 pm

    BNZA says:

    Looks like a foul to me.

    The refs favoring Lebron all the time gets on my nerves. Will the Cavs win the title having ref decisions thier way all the time? Sad if it turns out like this…

15. May 21st, 2009 at 12:44 pm

    Kudabeen says:

    The thing is Dwight was called for much less in foul attempts against James…Refs have to be more consistent. Cavs had so many calls, but Orlando wasn’t as aggressive to start as they were in the second half.

    If LeBron gets a running start, it is all bad for the opposing teams. The Refs even get caught in the freakshow…

    I hear you Dagomar…

16. May 21st, 2009 at 12:45 pm

    Canada says:

    This why the playoffs suck….Dyck riding Lebron!!! He gets a breakaway dunk and its replayed 3-4 times…Courtney Lee dunks in Lebron’s grill and no reply no talk by the announcers. Its like Lebron can do no wrong…”JUST HORRIBLE” to quote Bill Walton.

17. May 21st, 2009 at 12:51 pm

    jay says:

    clearly a foul….yet in the dying staging of the 4th quarter Dwight was called for his 6th foul and it clearly wasn’t a foul he had position and his hand were straight up and didn’t move

18. May 21st, 2009 at 12:55 pm

    ponky_alolor says:

    jeez, this is one of those debates that either turn into one of these things-
    1. Lebron gets star treatment- yes he does. Lets get over it. If u wana change this, be the referee.
    2. Kobe’s better than him – who the f cares? Theyr the best in the league now. Out of respect, its stil kobe til bron wins a chip.
    Block could have gone both ways. All ball upstairs with contact on the way down.

19. May 21st, 2009 at 12:56 pm

    Rafa23 says:

    @ lakers nation
    shaq, he got blocked like that more than a few times. and the one against ben wallace was even worse than this one on dwight.

20. May 21st, 2009 at 1:02 pm

    JA says:

    Definitely a crab-dribble.

21. May 21st, 2009 at 1:07 pm

    QQ says:

    @ liukz

    Hey bruh… I thought you were a Cavs fan? What happened? LOL.

22. May 21st, 2009 at 1:13 pm

    Smitty313 says:

    Foul all the way.

23. May 21st, 2009 at 1:40 pm

    Taj says:

    All Ball up top,,, Lil bit of body down low.. Good no call!

24. May 21st, 2009 at 1:59 pm

    Prof. TX says:

    When reached for comment, LeBron only said
    “A LeBron James does not commit fouls. A LeBron James only reminds the refs of where their paychecks come from.”

25. May 21st, 2009 at 2:09 pm

    Diego says:

    Kermit nailed it @ Post 5.

26. May 21st, 2009 at 2:43 pm

    Marci says:

    Foul!!!

    Post 17: ROFL

27. May 21st, 2009 at 2:48 pm

    Curtis G says:

    An obvious foul…

28. May 21st, 2009 at 2:56 pm

    MissChick says:

    NBA – yes that’s a foul

    Any other league (AAU, College, high school…a.k.a. real basketball) – no foul, you won’t get that call

29. May 21st, 2009 at 3:02 pm

    doc says:

    He beat that shit up.

30. May 21st, 2009 at 3:23 pm

    Dr.gOOgles says:

    Agreed. that was clearly a foul, which bron does gets star treatment. It’s just when he travels and theres no call, thats when the treatment goes over board.

31. May 21st, 2009 at 3:43 pm

    LakeShow84 says:

    @ Rafa23

    Wallace block on Shaq was, in the famous words of Stu Scott, RIDICULOUS..

    @ PROF TX

    LMAO..

32. May 21st, 2009 at 3:54 pm

    Sho-Nuff says:

    To me it seemed like he got ball first. But when you ref games any “swing down” motion has to be a foul.

    I’m for the no call, but if you called foul I’d understand.

    I’m 50/50 on this one.

33. May 21st, 2009 at 4:17 pm

    PWEEZY says:

    dat vid is sooo blurry

34. May 21st, 2009 at 4:35 pm

    Balla says:

    Lebron was killin Orlando, but Courtney Lee caught Bron nasty on that fast break. The NBA is funny….there was no replay or anything as if the play never happened. I bet if that game were replayed, that particular play would’ve been edited out.

35. May 21st, 2009 at 4:44 pm

    Austin Burton says:

    I don’t know if anyone’s mentioned it already, but Pietrus caught LeBron on a fast-break dunk too.

36. May 21st, 2009 at 4:50 pm

    Balla says:

    Pietrus caught him too, but Pietrus had a head start and didn’t do any silly Jason Richardson showtime dunk when he saw Bron chasing him. He just dunked it super quick. Lee stole Bron’s pass, saw Bron coming, and didnt punk up.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmvUVUGrftY

37. May 22nd, 2009 at 2:08 am

    blast to yo face says:

    love how the clip is FROM FAR AWAY. a lotta other “highlight” real blocks they zoom in. of course they dont, becauase it was an obvious foul. sure he prollie got part of the ball, his arm, his hand, and im not talkin about the follow through.

38. May 22nd, 2009 at 5:51 am

    pak-yaw says:

    obvious foul.

    dwight fouled out doing the same thing.

    refs just didnt call bron for the foul.

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