OAKLAND, Calif. — Cavs coach Tyronn Lue did not mince words.

“To do what he did tonight and come out robbed, it’s just not right,” Lue said of a controversial call against LeBron James that was perhaps the deciding moment in the Warriors’ 124-114 overtime NBA Finals Game 1 victory here Thursday.

James, who ended with a career playoff-high 51 points, had put the Cavs up 104-102 then stood his ground on a driving Kevin Durant. A charge was called. Then overturned. Durant hit two free throws and the momentum shifted.

“I thought I read that play just as well as I read any play in my career defensively,” James said. “I seen the drive, I was outside the charge line, stepped in and took the contact. It’s a huge play. A huge play.”

The officials were not sure James was outside the restricted area. That uncertainty was the trigger that allowed them to review the play. While reviewing, they determined he was outside the restricted area but had not set his feet and the call was reversed. Reviews of such block/charge calls started in 2012-13.

“We were told they were reviewing if I had my feet outside the line, and when I knew that, I was like, ‘OK, that’s going to be our ball,’ ” James said. “I knew I was outside the charge line, so that’s what the communication was to us. We were over on the sideline, drawing up a play.”

Crew chief Ken Mauer told a pool reporter the review determined James did not establish proper position.

“The reason for the trigger is that we had doubt as to whether or not James was in the restricted area. When over at the table, we then are allowed to determine whether or not he was in a legal guarding position,” Mauer said. “It was determined he was out of the restricted area but he was not in a legal guarding position prior to Durant’s separate shooting motion. So we had to change it to a blocking foul.”

Durant thought the refs were fine of course.

“The block-charge thing, last year in the regular season, same play happened to me. It was a block. They called it a block, and they went and reviewed it and changed it to a charge,” Durant said. “So I knew once it was 30 seconds to go that they could review that situation. There were a couple, like goaltending and block-charge a couple years ago. They put those rules in that you could review them. Just like you can review out-of-bounds calls. So I knew that. I knew he was late on the drive, and I knew I had my man beat and he came over a little late.

“So when they called the charge, I was surprised, but I’m glad they reviewed it.”