Lakers News: Steve Kerr Wasn't a Fan of Ruling Regarding LeBron James' Three-Pointer, Despite it Helping Warriors

Some great honesty from a decorated coach.

LeBron James' three-pointer that was taken off the scoreboard, 45 seconds of game time, after the fact may have swung the outcome. 

As it cut the lead from 124-120, the importance of the three-pointer not only moved the deficit back to seven but also cost the team 45 seconds of game time where they were less aggressive, having a ripple effect on the game as a whole.

 Warriors coach Steve Kerr, in response to this absurdity, had this to say.

"I also don't like the rule that you can go back and look at an out of bounds, or LeBron's 3," Kerr said. "That seems to happen once or twice a year. I'd love to see that rule go away. I think we're trying so hard to get everything just right, at the expense of the flow. I mean, who cares if a guy's foot is half an inch on the line? Is that worth going back 45 seconds and changing everything, with the unintended consequences? It's not my favorite rule, for sure."

Per Steve Kerr via ESPN

Kerr's candidness is appreciated, despite how heavily the Warriors benefited from the shot not counting. He's right that that only happens once or twice a year, and on top of that, it wasn't even thought about in real time. Anecdotally, if there was a review being done by the officials or a challenge made by Kerr, it's fair game to remove the basket.  

Instead, the officials went out of their way to do something unprecedented in a primetime, must-win, Saturday night game and combined with the shot clock woes, this may go down as one of the worst presentations of NBA basketball in recent memory.