Lakers: NBA's Last Two Minute Report Confirms Jayson Tatum Fouled LeBron James

LA missed out on two free throws that could have staved off OT.

Last night, your Los Angeles Lakers put up a brave fight against a Boston Celtics team missing two of its defensive anchors, lost in confounding fashion to the Boston Celtics at TD Garden. With the game knotted up at 105-105 near the end of regulation, LA All-Star power forward LeBron James drove inside for a layup.

His Boston counterpart, All-Star power forward Jayson Tatum, fouled him on the left arm as he attempted the shot. No foul was called. James, a 77% free throw shooter this season, would have likely at least made one, thus sealing a win for the Lakers.

Instead, the game went to overtime, and the Celtics eventually won the contest 125-121. Boston thus sweeps its season series with LA, with both games being surprisingly hard-fought overtime affairs.

Following the contest, James bemoaned what he felt has been a series of suspect ref decisions. NBA Twitter also proved critical of the non-call last night.

Around an hour after the game ended, the officiating crew got ahead of the NBA's last two-minute report postmortem, officially conceding the missed call.

The NBA's Last Two Minute Report for the game, released today, has now verified that James was indeed fouled by Tatum.