Eric Lewis not selected to work NBA Finals

Referee Eric Lewis was not selected as one of the 12 officials who will work the NBA Finals between the Denver Nuggets and Miami Heat, while the league continues to look into whether he used a Twitter account to defend himself and other officials from online critiques.

Lewis was constant choice for the finals in each of the last four seasons. This year’s finals referees were announced by the league Thursday morning, about 12 hours before the start of the title series.

After some now-deleted tweets were revealed by a pair of Twitter users last week, the league opened an investigation into whether Lewis violated NBA rules by speaking about officiating in an unauthorized manner.

BREAKING: Eric Lewis will NOT ref in a 2023 NBA Finals game due to the ongoing Twitter burner account investigation.

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“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.