He affected the Lakers vs. the Celtics last season, the NBA referee the fans want him to retired

LeBron James and the LA Lakers had a complicated mission in the past campaign as they were working on turning the season around to make it to the playoffs and had a critical game against their biggest rival, the Boston Celtics.

In the last play of the game, LeBron received a clear foul from the Celtics star, Jayson Tatum, This would have James a chance to win the game with free throws, but the NBA referees didn't make the call.

The then Lakers PG Patrick Beverley, took a camera with a picture of the foul and brought it to one of the refs, Eric Lewis who gave the star a technical.

Since then, the Lakers fans found proof that the NBA referee Lewis was a Celtics fan and by the end of the season he was getting investigated for a potential Twitter burner account. Today, the NBA referee Eric Lewis has officially retired.

The NBA statement regarding the referee Eric Lewis

It seems that the Lakers fans got Lewis to retire as the NBA official statement reads: "NBA referee Eric Lewis has informed the league office that he is retiring, effective immediately. In light of his decision, the NBA's investigation into social media activity has been closed."