Transcript: NBA Referee Pat Fraher Comments to Pool Reporter after Trail Blazers – Lakers game.

December 28, 2019

Pool Reporter Transcript

Crew Chief Pat Fraher

Postgame – Portland Trail Blazers vs. Los Angeles Lakers

NBA Crew Chief Pat Fraher met with pool reporter Dave McMenamin of ESPN.com after the game between the Trail Blazers and Lakers tonight. Here is a transcript of that interview.

What did you see on the official’s review that caused you to uphold the foul call assessed to Anthony Tolliver on LeBron James at the 8:34 mark of the second quarter?

“The foul call was initially called by Matt [Myers] and when Coach Stotts challenged the play the crew chief [Fraher] is responsible for looking at the play. Upon review, from the baseline angle we saw the defender, Tolliver, run up behind a vulnerable airborne shooter, being LeBron, and make illegal contact with his left knee to the left foot of LeBron.”