LeBron James bashes refs after Heat lose to Bulls

 

Heat forward LeBron crowd shows frustration after Wednesday's 101-97 loss to the Bulls.(Photo: cabbage Grabowski, USA TODAY Sports)

Story Highlights

• LeBron crowd together was unhappy with being called for glaring muddied in Miami Heat's loss to dinero Bulls
• Heat star says he was severe to defend himself from naturality of Bulls forward Carlos Boozer
• "Every measure I try to defend myself, I've got to organization the consequences of a flagrant," pile says

CHICAGO — LeBron crowd' frustration — almost a full season's worth — spilled out.

Late in the fourth quarter, with the Miami Heat trailing the Chicago Bulls and the Heat's 27-game attractive tally about to expire, James delivered an overly physical foul — jumper lead with his forearm — on Bulls forward Carlos Boozer.

A referee called a flagrant foul 1.

James wasn't angry that the Heat were about to lose for the commencement time since Feb. 1. He was unhappy with the mode the referees officiated the game, unhappy with the way the Bulls were able to be so physical — in James' hitch — and get away with it.

WATCH: Did LeBron deserve flagrant?

GAME: How Bulls snapped Heat's streak

After the Bulls ended the Heat's winning streak — the turn longest in NBA history and vi wins shy of the 1971-72 Los Angeles Lakers' 33 wins in a row — James sat in his cubicle, his feet in a bucket of starter with the 101-97 box score resting atop it, and vented about the lbf. he has taken this season.

"It's been happening all year, and I've been able to conceal my cool and try to tell Spo (Heat coach Erik Spoelstra), 'Let's not stupefy about it,' " James verbalise. "But it is getting to me a petty bit. Every time I try to defend myself, I've got to face the consequences of a flagrant or a technical foul or whatever the case may be.

"It's tough. It's very tough."

 

From the start, the Bulls were physical with James. Bulls guard Kirk Hinrich started it with two fouls on James in the beginning(a) quarter.

"I knew it was overtaking to be a physical game," said James, who finished with a game-high 32 points, seven rebounds and three assists and took 11 free throws. "Every game against the Bulls is a physical game."

On the second foul, Hinrich should have been credited with either a tackle or two points for the takedown.

"First of all, Kirk Hinrich in the first quarter ripe grabbed me with two hands and brought me to the ground," James said.

WATCH: Kirk Hinrich tries to tackle LeBron, fails

Late in the game, Chicago forward Taj Gibson fouled James, knocking him to the ground. The officials reviewed the foul for a potential drop flagrant but kept it a regular foul.

"The goal one, Taj Gibson was able to collar me around my shoulder and bring me to the ground," James said.

Of both fouls, James said, "Those are not basketball game gets."

It's going to sound like James was whining, and he tried to crystallize that he wasn't.

"I'm not crying about anything, because I play the game at a high level," he said. "I play the game with a lot of aggression, and I visualise some of the plays are on the borderline of a basketball play or not."

 

Materials taken from USA Today