Friday, February 6th, 2009 at 3:59 pm  |  71 responses

Actually, LeBron Didn’t Get A Triple Double

by Lang Whitaker

Just got this press release from the NBA. And no, I am not making this up…

NBA CORRECTS STATISTICAL ERROR FROM CAVALIERS-KNICKS GAME

NEW  YORK,  Feb.  6,  2009  – The NBA announced today that a statistical error  was  made  during the Cleveland Cavaliers-New York Knicks game on Feb. 4 at Madison Square Garden.

Cavaliers  forward  LeBron James was incorrectly credited with a rebound with  39.3 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter that should have been awarded  to Cleveland forward Ben Wallace.  Due to the correction, James finished  Wednesday’s  game  with nine rebounds – one rebound short of a triple-double – while Wallace ended with two rebounds.

All  NBA  games  are  reviewed  to  ensure  the  accuracy  of  the  game statistics.

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  • eDouble Posted: Feb.6 at 4:02 pm
    Awwwww man lol dat aint fair.

  • MyKal Posted: Feb.6 at 4:02 pm
    Who cares. Dumb-@ss rule-makers ruin everything.

  • jomay Posted: Feb.6 at 4:04 pm
    Finally 1st!

  • nbk Posted: Feb.6 at 4:07 pm
    who cares how many 52-9-11 games have their been in history? Its still better then Kobe’s 61

  • drewstar Posted: Feb.6 at 4:07 pm
    lol lebron punked by stern

  • ABarr Posted: Feb.6 at 4:09 pm
    Still L.O.N.

  • TADOne Posted: Feb.6 at 4:09 pm
    He sucks.

  • TADOne Posted: Feb.6 at 4:10 pm
    Seriously, the Pistons need to give Big Ben back his game. They shouldn’t be holding grudges for this long.

  • Russ Bengtson Posted: Feb.6 at 4:11 pm
    Wait, that DOUBLED Ben Wallace’s rebound total for the game? Hahahaha.

  • slamfan4life Posted: Feb.6 at 4:11 pm
    wow…….like it REALLY mattered…..well LbJ still is a damn BEAST

  • tapion786 Posted: Feb.6 at 4:12 pm
    lol jomay

  • Izzo Posted: Feb.6 at 4:13 pm
    THIS.CHANGES.EVERYTHING.

  • vtrobot Posted: Feb.6 at 4:15 pm
    I think that changes that performance from one for the ages to just OK.

  • jomay Posted: Feb.6 at 4:16 pm
    ooops. i thought i was 1st. LOL. anyway, this sucks!whatever!

  • Cp34mVP Posted: Feb.6 at 4:17 pm
    Nope, All Ben Wallace did was keep it inbounds he never had control over the ball. NBA, You have gone mad!

  • Ryan Jones Posted: Feb.6 at 4:17 pm
    Where belated attempts at statistical integrity happen.

  • Russ Bengtson Posted: Feb.6 at 4:18 pm
    The funny thing is, now Bron has missed two 50-point triple-doubles in the Garden by a grand total of three rebounds.

  • Dennis Wise Posted: Feb.6 at 4:19 pm
    man, thats wild. hey, any of yall interested in boxing?

  • jomay Posted: Feb.6 at 4:19 pm
    im betting the NBA will award a back-to-back MVP title to mr. bryant by the end of the year. this is a sign they’re siding up with him.

  • Russ Bengtson Posted: Feb.6 at 4:22 pm
    Actually, that rebound was suspect from the start. Good that it only took the NBA two days to act on it. Maybe those Suns suspensions can still get overturned.

  • jomay Posted: Feb.6 at 4:24 pm
    LOL @Russ! Can we still review Pippen late foul against the Knicks in ’94 and maybe get a rematch?

  • adams Posted: Feb.6 at 4:25 pm
    So now they can start correcting Chris Paul’s assist stats. Supposedly those have been overblown for some time.

  • Ken Posted: Feb.6 at 4:25 pm
    If the league is going to review tape to make sure stats are accurate, then they better go back and credit Hakeem with his second quadruple double. As I recall, at game time the official NBA stats said it was a triple double, but video review showed it was a quad double. Despite this, the NBA refused to correct the official stats. So if they’re gonna rob LBJ by reviewing tape, they need to fix the record for Hakeem.

  • Zee! Posted: Feb.6 at 4:28 pm
    Son, I posted this like the day after he did it.

  • Ryan Jones Posted: Feb.6 at 4:31 pm
    Dad?

  • jaymes Posted: Feb.6 at 4:31 pm
    Definately worth the review!!..Now go back and take 2 points off Kobe for the travel spin move, and it’s all gravy…

  • Ulee Posted: Feb.6 at 4:33 pm
    I think Kobe put in a called to the main office to get it reviewed. Something about overshadowing his 62 point game …

  • Jackie Moon Posted: Feb.6 at 4:35 pm
    @Ulee – Did the NBA add a point to Kobe’s total today?

  • MyKal Posted: Feb.6 at 4:35 pm
    He got 61. I reviewing yor post and taking off a point for statistical ignorance

  • MyKal Posted: Feb.6 at 4:36 pm
    Jesus that was horrible spelling, feel free hurl abuse.

  • Izzo Posted: Feb.6 at 4:36 pm
    Pitchfork Media should review NBA games from now on.

  • MyKal Posted: Feb.6 at 4:37 pm
    there should be a “to” in there as well.

  • niQ Posted: Feb.6 at 4:39 pm
    the knicks still lost. they shouldn’t be proud. haha

  • MyKal Posted: Feb.6 at 4:40 pm
    Lang posted this. Does that mean that Zee! is the father of both Lang and Ryan?

  • Ulee Posted: Feb.6 at 4:43 pm
    lol my bad. I’m just as bad as the statisticians at the game.

  • Jackie Moon Posted: Feb.6 at 4:49 pm
    So when are going to fix all the “assists” that Chris Paul has received?

  • Jukai Posted: Feb.6 at 4:52 pm
    THIS SUCKS I NEEDED THAT REBOUND IN MY FANTASY LEAGUE

  • Jukai Posted: Feb.6 at 4:54 pm
    Oh wait I’m going against Eboy, forget it!

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  • RV Posted: Feb.6 at 4:56 pm
    the funniest part to me is that the NBA claims it reviews every single game for statisitical accuracy….

  • Diogo Posted: Feb.6 at 4:57 pm
    Haha, “one for the ages to just OK”. One rebound doesn’t make it less epic. I’d take lebrons 28-7-7 average over JKidd’s 100 triple-doubles any day.

  • Jackie Moon Posted: Feb.6 at 5:01 pm
    David Stern, Stat Nazi: NO TRIPLE DOUBLE FOR YOU!

  • O Posted: Feb.6 at 5:03 pm
    Kobe paid off Stern to make that call.

  • futurematic Posted: Feb.6 at 5:08 pm
    LeBron should’ve done a Ricky Davis.

  • Todd Spehr Posted: Feb.6 at 5:11 pm
    Ken, good call. The NBA took a quad-dip from Akeem back in March of ’90 vs. GS when the video showed he was given an assist that wasn’t – then three weeks later he did it again against Milwaukee and got his name in history

  • horsey Posted: Feb.6 at 5:17 pm
    remember when bob sura’s only triple double was taken away by the league because he missed his last shot on purpose to get his own rebound? how long until missing a free throw on purpose becomes a technical? when will the lies stop?

  • wilz Posted: Feb.6 at 5:44 pm
    this is what happens when basketball players own too much…u really think this was just an “error”? or is just a coincidence he needed a ghost rebound to get that triple-double to get the headline?

  • your mom Posted: Feb.6 at 5:51 pm
    who cares. kobes got 3 rings, so suck it!!!

  • Todd Spehr Posted: Feb.6 at 6:05 pm
    @ Wilz – That would make sense if it was his 10th board. I believe it was his ninth, so who was to know he was going to haul in another? The real question might be, how aware was LBJ of his stats? He claimed he didn’t know, but he went after that 10th board a little enthusiastically, agree?

  • Todd Spehr Posted: Feb.6 at 6:07 pm
    Also, NBA stats can be different in every arena. I usually take stats of the games I watch and the assist totals seem to be where the discrepancy lives. Some are generous, others are stingy. You never know if there is manipulation. I noticed in the statement it mentioned that the NBA reviews each game for stats, I didn’t know that.

  • Dre Posted: Feb.6 at 6:13 pm
    total BS… How did they decide that when they both had the ball. Lebron got it at it’s highest peak.

  • John D Posted: Feb.6 at 6:25 pm
    Wrong rebound, Dre

  • jbn74sb Posted: Feb.6 at 6:25 pm
    My week has consisted of:
    1) Beach day in 80 degree weather in my hometown of Santa Barbara.
    2) My favorite player dropping 61 points the game after it appeared our season was essentially over.
    3) My team beating the Celtics on the road on the second night of a road back to back, all while missing our starting center.
    4) Making over $5000 in commissions alone.
    5) Having phenomenal s-x with the love of my life, who is 8 years my junior and has a natural set of D’s.
    And yet, this is the highlight.
    Outf-ckingstanding.

  • Miguel Posted: Feb.6 at 6:30 pm
    It’s still a great game, although in light of all the comparisons w/ Kobe, it should be noted that 50-point near-triple-doubles are nothing Kobe hasn’t done.

  • Zee! Posted: Feb.6 at 6:31 pm
    @MYKAL – Please believe it.

  • Zee! Posted: Feb.6 at 6:34 pm
    @jbn74sb- Ha ha ha ha ha!!!! Way to start the weekend.

  • Witness Posted: Feb.6 at 6:36 pm
    Haters.

  • Uzi Posted: Feb.6 at 6:40 pm
    Speakin of haters. I think Stevenson is chuklin his ass off somewhere right now.

  • James The Baller Posted: Feb.6 at 7:33 pm
    Speaking of Hate … Lebron!! I hate him. jbn … nicely done. I would be bragging as well lol.

  • slamfan4life Posted: Feb.6 at 7:59 pm
    bet the L jus took it away cuz LeBron kept sayin he was pissed Mo didnt make the ASG

  • Marijn Posted: Feb.6 at 8:41 pm
    holland says take away the LON

  • bill breedley Posted: Feb.6 at 8:46 pm
    bron was trying way too hard to top kobe’s 61.
    Kobe’s 61 was a thing of beauty and looked easy.
    Bron’s “triple double” was forced. clearly evident that bron was not playing his game and tracking his stats. silly how he tried getting that last rebound. be patient lebron. the L will be Kobe’s for maybe 2 more years tops and then you will be the man for years to come.

  • tk tuff Posted: Feb.6 at 9:03 pm
    Can’t he just buy a triple double? He has like oprah money, well almost

  • JE Posted: Feb.6 at 9:07 pm
    Big Ben likely had league offices ringing off the hook for those two days. Justice served.

  • ANJOE Posted: Feb.6 at 9:12 pm
    LOL.damn crazy.

  • Jukai Posted: Feb.6 at 9:54 pm
    Todd: Lebron was informed of his rebound total after his 9th rebound. So yes, he went after that last rebound because he knew that would make ten.

  • MalevolentKing7242 Posted: Feb.7 at 12:02 am
    kobe was more intresting but still that sucks!!! That rebound is so the kings rebound. Why sternbot? WHY!?!??!!?

  • Rico Posted: Feb.7 at 1:25 am
    I knew it! I was telling everybody. I’m glad I wrote that letter to the commish and got things straightened out. The commish is a cool dude for taking the time to read my letter then review the tape.

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  • tsmith7791 Posted: Feb.7 at 6:39 pm
    On a side note isn’t it kinda lame for ice cube to keep track of his assists and rebounds when playing at his local court? I bet he only had like 11 points and was trying to make up for it by saying he had a triple double. No one else would even notice .

  • wutang Posted: Feb.9 at 10:59 am
    i agree with bill…no need to force it.. Kobe is the best in the world right now give a couple years or another championship and he’s done. the things he doing right now to go out on top is incredibly

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