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The referees granted the timeout when the ball was no longer in the Lakers’ possession.
LeBron James called a timeout with 7.4 seconds left when his team no longer had possession of the ball and the Suns were one basket away from tying the game, which they lost 105-103.
The King witnessed his teammate about to lose possession, prompting him to quickly call a timeout and disrupt the Suns’ attack. However, he made the decision too late as the Lakers had already lost possession, a fact that the referees did not interpret in the same way.
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