The NBA announced that the Cleveland Cavaliers were not really winners at the Christmas Day game against the Golden State Warriors. The league claimed that the Cavs benefited from two missed calls that occurred during the final two minutes of the game. The Cavaliers won the game 109 to 108.

According to ABC, the GSW may have won that game if the calls were correctly made. Richard Jefferson was supposed to get a foul for "foot contact" in just 3.1 seconds remaining in the game. Jefferson's foot was said to come in contact with Kevin Durant's and this affected his speed, quickness, balance and rhythm or SQBR at the later part of the game.   

Still another foul was supposed to be called against LeBron James at 1.43 seconds remaining. The league said that James dunked and deliberately hanged on the rim after the shot was completed. This shot edged the Cavs 105 to 103 earning their first lead since the first quarter.

LeBron said that he was completely motivated when he did the dunk over Warriors Dreymond Green because the player fouled him and sent him to the floor in Game 7 of the NBA finals way back June.

ESPN aired Cavs' coach Tyronn Lue's opinion on the league's call minutes before the Cavs played against the Pistons in Auburn Hills. He said that there were a number of fouls called throughout the game that were not called. "It's a tough game to officiate - the players we have, the way guys can draw fouls and contact. And so that was an incidental play at the end of the game."

Coach Lue also said that the game cannot be decided on two free throws at the end and admits that he did not see the fouls. At the end of the game, Durant missed a 3-point shot 34 feet from the goal; the buzzer expired ending the game with the Cavs winning by one point.

Jefferson claimed that he was innocent and says that everyone thinks that they were fouled on every play in every game. He said that when there are two legendary teams playing, everything could be criticized and the circumstances at the final minutes of the game just went at their favor.