No one in Miami who watched LeBron James' buzzer-beating three last night to beat the Chicago Bulls realized at the time that his most imposing obstacle was a person you would have least expected — his own head coach, David Blatt.

After the Bulls tied the score at 84 with just a few seconds remaining, Blatt ran onto the court trying to call a timeout. Problem was, the Cavaliers had no more timeouts left, and attempting to call one, by rule, is a technical foul. Luckily for LeBron, assistant coach Tyronn Lue was able to tackle him before the refs noticed and awarded the Bulls a game-deciding technical free throw.

Tragedy was averted, the Cavs retained possession, and — if they were paying attention — Miami fans got another prime lesson in how lucky they are to have Erik Spoelstra as a head coach.