Gabrielle Union Goes On Twitter Rant After Late No-Call On Dwyane Wade
By Ryan Mayer
The Miami Heat fell to the Charlotte Hornets 90-88 on a Courtney Lee three with 25.2 seconds left last night at the American Airlines Arena, digging themselves a hole now down 3-2 in the series with the teams heading back to Charlotte for Game 6. However, there was some late-game controversy on the Heat's final possession. After a Dwyane Wade drive and kick out to Goran Dragic for an attempt from the corner was partially blocked, Wade was able to corral the rebound on the low block. That led to the following happening.
No foul was called and many understandably were upset by the no-call. ESPN's Skip Bayless weighed in on Twitter and that's when Wade's wife, actress Gabrielle Union, got in on the conversation.
Following that tweet, Union proceeded to go on a rant responding to several members of the NBA media, and in general saying that refs should be fined for missing a call like that. Here's the rant in its entirety.
The rant continued with responses for fans that tried to come after Union for her opinion, you can check her timeline for all of the responses, but needless to say, she provided a very visible public voice for all Heat fans who were upset with the non-call. Wade for his part, when asked about the play in the post-game had this to say according to ESPN:
"There's no reason for me to look at it," Wade said. "It ain't going to change anything. I thought I did. It wasn't called."
Regardless, the Heat now face a must-win game on Friday night in Charlotte to try and get back to South Beach for Game 7.
Ryan Mayer is an Associate Producer for CBS Local Sports. Ryan lives in NY but comes from Philly and life as a Philly sports fan has made him cynical. Anywhere sports are being discussed, that's where you'll find him.
