Longtime NBA official Eric Lewis was not selected among the 12 referees to appear for the Denver Nuggets and Miami Heat's NBA Finals matchup. This comes as the league investigates his alleged usage of a burner Twitter account to respond to criticism of his work.
“Regarding Eric Lewis and the social media posts, we are continuing to review the matter and he will not be working the finals,” NBA spokesman Mike Bass said Thursday.
In his 19 seasons as an NBA referee, Lewis boasts 83 playoff games and 1,098 regular season games of experience. His absence from the league'sLos Angeles Lakers fans might recognize Lewis as the referee who gave Patrick Beverley a hilarious technical foul when the then-Lakers guard. His last assignment was on May 16 for Game 1 of the Western Conference finals between Denver and the Lakers.
His alleged social media activity was pushed into the spotlight about a week later when Twitter users shared now-deleted tweets from the handle"@CuttliffBlair." Fans pointed out that the account almost exclusively defended Lewis and other NBA referees. One account even posted a screen recording of the consistent stream of officiating-focused tweets.NBA ref Eric Lewis has been outed as having a burner account . Lmaooo this is a momentous day.
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