Super Bowl LVII ended on Sunday night with the Kansas City Chiefs lifting the Lombardi trophy at the State Farm Stadium in Arizona. However, one controversial call against a particular Philadelphia Eagles player left fans fuming in the last quarter of the game. As a result, thousands of Eagles fans expressed their displeasure with the league’s decision in a rather bold way. Amid the chaotic affair, several players from a particular NBA team updated fans on the ongoing situation in Philly.
After losing to the Cincinnati Bengals in the 2021 AFC Conference Championship game, the Chiefs returned with an iron-willed determination to win this season. Their efforts bore fruit when their superstar QB Patrick Mahomes led the team to victory for the second time in his NFL career.
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The Super Bowl took a controversial turn when the refs made a questionable call on Philadelphia Eagles cornerback James Bradberry. With less than two minutes remaining in the game, both teams were tied at 35 when the officials called a holding foul on Bradberry. This gave the Chiefs the much-needed first down to take the lead in the game. Fans were not too happy about the call and this led to thousands of Philly citizens marching down the street beating drums and chanting in protest.
Coincidentally, the Houston Rockets are in town for their upcoming game against James Harden and Joel Embiid’s Philadelphia 76ers. Several stars from the $3.2 billion-dollar team took to their social media handles to give fans a peek into the situation in the Eagles’ home city. Rockets forward Jabari Smith Jr., TyTy Washington, and Josh Christopher posted videos of the protest from their hotel rooms. The protests on the streets prompted Christopher to term it ‘Gotham City’. Whereas, Washington was heard saying, “D*mn man. I’m in Philly right now too. Dang man. They sad…are you sad?”
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Additionally, Smith said in his story, “Hey man, can y’all just go to sleep man? Y’all folks lost. Y’all out beating drums, keeping me up man. I’m tryin’ to sleep. Man I got Embiid tomorrow and y’all out beating drums. Please just go to sleep man. I know y’all mad, I know, I know, I know…you win some, you lose some.”
LeBron James’ reaction to the big call
Among the people who spoke against the officials’ controversial call was NBA superstar LeBron James. After the game ended, the NBA’s newly crowned all-time leading scorer took to Twitter to express his displeasure with the call. James tweeted, ?Sorry but I don?t like that call! Not for the Super Bowl man!?
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Fans immediately responded to his tweet, chiming in agreement with James’ opinion. While the NFL world is currently divided due to the referees’ decision, what did you think of the call? Let us know in the comments below.