Dillon Brooks has had a personal rivalry with LeBron James since he played for the Memphis Grizzlies; dispute was unable to stop the Lakers’ victory against the Rockets
On the night of this past Sunday, the 19th, LeBron James It is Dillon Brooks showed that they still keep the rivalry between the two alive. During the match between Los Angeles Lakers It is Houston Rocketsat CryptoArenathe two wingers, who began to fall out when Brooks played for Memphis Grizzliesexcited the fans present, who saw the Angelinos winning 105 to 104 in a tight game.
LeBron James received a technical foul after he pushed Dillon Brooks at the beginning of the third quarter and took the opportunity to make the “too small” gesture, provoking his opponent, after scoring at the end of the period. Soon after, the ‘King’ even pretended to be ‘smoking’, after missing a layup, in reference to the English expression “smoking a layup”.
LeBron James on whether there’s anything special about facing Dillon Brooks:
“The guy is a GREAT competitor, I love playing against him. And today he was playing a lot.
His team was losing and he hit 2 incredible 3-pointers to leave his team in the game.
It’s the competition, that… pic.twitter.com/8taIRa6ZlP
— Coast to Coast Brasil | NBA (@brasilcoast2) November 20, 2023
In the match, James scored 37 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists, becoming the fourth player with the most assists in league history, in addition to being eighth in number of stolen balls, with 2,208 in total. Dillon Brooks scored for the Rockets, with six three-point shots scored.
Source: sportbuzz
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