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The Utah Jazz beat the Los Angeles Lakers on Monday night, but just because they won doesn’t mean they were happy with all of the calls in the contest. Rudy Gobert (always an enjoyable presence on Twitter) took social media after the game to creatively express his, err, displeasure with his monstrous putback dunk being called off due to an offensive foul.
Gobert could only think of one limb the refs could have been calling him for using:
I fouled him with my third arm lol. https://t.co/yUpXbWEhyV
— Rudy Gobert (@rudygobert27) December 6, 2016
For those that don’t want to click the tweet he’s quoting, here it is:
The refs destroyed an incredible play by @rudygobert27. That was awful call. #UTAatLAL pic.twitter.com/HhrBXOtEsE
— Jeremiah Jensen (@JJSportsBeat) December 6, 2016
Here’s a screengrab of the contact the referees called. You be the judge:
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Did Gobert catch Randle a bit with his third arm? Yes.
Does this all matter? No.
Is it hilarious that an NBA player actually took the time to tweet about it? It is absolutely a top-five non-basketball moment of the season so far.
Harrison Faigen is co-host of the Locked on Lakers podcast (subscribe here), and you can follow him on Twitter at @hmfaigen.