The Grizzlies beat the Lakers in the second game of the playoffs, and LeBron James ended up getting involved in a fight with Brooks; defender attacked Los Angeles star
You Grizzlies tied the series with the lakersand the playoff matchup of NBA was tied at 1 to 1. However, in the game of the night of the last Wednesday, 19, what called the most attention, in addition to the score of 103 to 93, was the duel between LeBron James It is brooks. The two were at odds throughout the match and there was no provocation left, especially by the Memphis player.
According to the Grizzlies defender, the confusion between the two would have happened during the half of the match. When there were eight minutes left in the third half, the players fell out, and Brooks revealed that LeBron James would have called him and ‘dumb’ for making his fourth foul in the game. After Memphis’ victory, Brooks was unforgiving of his opponent and called him “old”.
“I don’t care, he’s old. Do you know what I mean? I was waiting for this. I expected him to do that Game 4, Game 5. He wanted to say something when I committed my fourth foul. He should have said this earlier. But I poke bears. I don’t respect anybody until they come and give me 40“, he stated.
Brooks still made it clear that no rival can even try to hit him head on and again made a warning to LeBron: “I said, ‘Oh, you finally want to talk?’ So we started talking. I just let him know that, ‘You can’t face me. You can not.’ You’ll see the video, it doesn’t really get me face-to-face until that moment. So when he was substituted he was tired. There I did my job“.
To finalize his pinpricks on LeBron James, Brooks took the opportunity to remember the time when his rival played at a high level. In the view of the athlete from Memphis, the main Lakers player does not act as he used to and is no longer a big challenge. With that, he issued a gauntlet to one of the greatest players in NBA history.
“I would like to see that (at the height of his career). It would have been a tougher task, but I’m playing with what I’ve got. Just wear and tear it over a seven game series and see if it holds up. See if he wants to play the one-on-one battle or if he wants to stand outside shooting the basketball“, finished.
Source: sportbuzz
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