The tiebreak penalty caused controversy! The Thunder made many profits and was criticized: Dort fake fall + SGA elbow hit gains shooting space

On June 23, the NBA Finals ushered in a tiebreak battle. The Thunder defeated the Pacers at home and won the 2025 NBA championship!

Before this game, the NBA officially announced the referee lineup for this game, and the famous Whistle Scott Fox did not appear on the referee list in the tiebreak battle. The NBA's tiebreak referee is Capers, and the other two referees are Tiffany and Sean Wright.

However, some of the penalty in this game still attracted controversy and was pissed by many famous reporters, most of which were beneficial to the Thunder.

In an offensive round of the Pacers at the end of the first half, the Pacers served at the bottom line, Mathurin and Dort collided, and then Dort fell to the ground. Mathurin believed that this round was a fake fall, but the referee called Mathurin's foul and gave the ball to the Thunder.

Many reporters expressed dissatisfaction with this round, especially the words of the famous journalist O'Connor were the most representative. He said: "This should not be called Mathurin's foul. It's already the G7 of the finals. How could the referee still be deceived by Dort's fake fall? It's almost done!"

After the third quarter, Alexander made a shot from the outside, and then he fell to the ground with very exaggerated actions. Regarding this round, the famous media NBA Memes said: "Please give Alexander, this is already the finals tiebreak battle..."

In the following round, Wallace grabbed McConnor's hand in front of the referee, but the referee did not express it. The US media said bluntly that this is a joke.

In addition, in several other controversial rounds, Alexander was photographed with a missed foul and elbowing away his opponent to obtain shooting space.

But no matter what, the game process and results can no longer be changed, and the Thunder eventually won the NBA championship this year. What is your opinion on the penalty for this game? Welcome to give your opinions in the comment section.