While Cleveland basks in the glow of LeBron James’ latest heroic play, the Pacers now get the satisfaction of knowing it could have gone differently — and knowing there’s nothing they can do about it.

James, who blocked a Victor Oladipo shot then hit a game-winning 3-pointer in the final seconds Wednesday night in a 98-95 victory, should have been called for a goaltend, according to the NBA’s Last Two Minute Report released Thursday.

The league’s admission was not news to Oladipo, who complained immediately after the game about the non-call.

“I got a step on him, felt like I even got grabbed on the way to the rim,” Oladipo said. “I tried to shoot a layup, it hit the backboard, then he blocked it. … It was a goaltend. It’s hard to even speak on it. It just sucks, honestly. It really sucks.”

The NBA concurred with Oladipo’s assessment, without commenting on how badly the referees missed the non-call.

The play was not reviewable because no whistle was blown, according to NBA senior vice president of replay and referee operations Joe Borgia.

“Our rule is once the ball touches the glass, a defender cannot touch it,” Borgia said. “But in order to use replay, you must call goaltending on the court. And no call was made on the court. Therefore, they could not come over and look at it.”

After James’ buzzer-beating 3, the Pacers sat in stunned disbelief, some watching the replay of the previous sequence, convinced they had seen goaltending.

“We can look at the replay,” Pacers forward Lance Stephenson said. “Clearly, clearly a goaltending.”

Of course, the goaltend would have put two points on the board for the Pacers, still setting up James for a potential game-winning 3, but Oladipo wasn’t convinced it would have gone down the same way.

“Give him credit where credit is due, the 3 was big time, definitely huge,” Oladipo said. “But who’s to say they even run that play? We don’t know what happens. It’s unfortunate. It really sucks that they missed that [call].”

For his part, the King laughed it off.

“Of course I didn’t think it was a goaltend,” James said. “I try to make plays like that all the time, and I mean he made a heck of a move, got me leaning right and he went left, and I just tried to use my recovery speed and get back up there and make a play on the ball. And I was able to make a play.”

Or not. Though the Cavaliers and their fans surely will take the 3-2 series lead just the same.