{"id":937094,"date":"2026-10-22T16:28:22","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T16:28:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/937094\/"},"modified":"2026-10-22T16:28:22","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T16:28:22","slug":"nba-refs-call-out-lamelo-balls-travel-after-viral-video-from-t-wolves-opener-vs-heat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/937094\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Refs Call Out LaMelo Ball&#8217;s Travel After Viral Video From T-Wolves&#8217; Opener vs. Heat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">Most fans watching Wednesday&#8217;s game between the Minnesota Timberwolves and Miami Heat knew LaMelo Ball got away with a travel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">The official social media account of the NBA Referees responded to the play Thursday and said, &#8220;For everyone asking, &#8216;how is this legal?&#8217; It&#8217;s not! He gathers with his right foot on the floor and would be permitted two steps by rule (left-right). He takes four steps after gathering the ball and travels.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">Video of the play went viral Tuesday and even drew an amused response from Ball&#8217;s brother, Lonzo:<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">When told of Lonzo&#8217;s post during an interview with SportsCenter after the game, LaMelo <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong mui-mlpnpn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ohnohedidnt24\/status\/2113148138424774802\">said<\/a>, &#8220;He hatin&#8217;. He hatin&#8217;. See, I gotta give him a call right now, &#8217;cause with the family, he know what you supposed to do. Even if I&#8217;m wrong, I&#8217;m right. That&#8217;s how it go, I gotta teach that boy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">Missed travel or not, Ball&#8217;s debut with the Timberwolves went well.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">He finished with 21 points, six assists, two steals and two rebounds and helped lead his new team to a dominant 131-106 victory over Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Heat. Ball was excellent, but he was also a secondary option for the visitors with Anthony Edwards stealing the show.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">Edwards dropped 45 points and 10 rebounds in just 33 minutes in a good sign of what is to come for the Timberwolves&#8217; new backcourt duo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Most fans watching Wednesday&#8217;s game between the Minnesota Timberwolves and Miami Heat knew LaMelo Ball got away with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":937095,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[64,63,590,85],"class_list":["post-937094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/937094","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=937094"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/937094\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/937095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=937094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=937094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=937094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}