The Indiana Pacers and probably the entire population of Indianapolis were all up in arms after Cleveland Cavaliers superstar LeBron James was not called for a goaltending violation when he laid a huge block on Victor Oladipo late in the proceedings of Game 5 of the first round series between the two teams Wednesday night.

Slow-motion replays of the play show that James clearly hit the ball only after it caromed off the glass, meaning he should’ve been called for a goaltending, which in turn would result in Oladipo’s shot being counted.

However, that would have only happened if the play was put on review by game officials, which they did not. Speaking with NBA TV's Rick Kamla, NBA Senior Vice President of Replay & Referee Ops Joe Borgia explained why exactly the replay option was not used.

“Extremely tough play in real time it is so fast. Our rule is once the ball touches the glass, a defender cannot touch it, so you can’t hit it after he touches it. But in order to use replay, you must call goaltending on the court, and no call was made on the court, therefore they [game officials] could not come over and look at it.”

As noted by Borgia, there were no whistles blown after the block, so the play continued. The Cavs got the ball back, and after the timeout, LeBron James completed his heroics by draining a buzzer-beating 3-pointer to give the Cavs a 98-95 victory and a 3-2 series lead.

Game 6 of the series will be played on Friday in Indiana.