Whenever Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James and Phoenix Suns wing Dillon Brooks are on the court together, you can bet there will be some chippiness.
That was again the case on Sunday night when their two teams squared off and James and the Lakers ultimately came away with a close victory.
It did not take long for Brooks and James to start jawing at each other in the first half with the former picking up a technical foul after exchanging some shoves. The shoving match resumed in the third quarter, where this time it was James getting a technical.
Then in the final seconds, Brooks hit a 3-pointer to give the Suns the lead and immediately ran over towards James and started celebrating in his face, giving him a little shove once again. After the referees reviewed the play, Brooks was given another technical foul and ejected from the game with his team going on to lose after some free throws by LeBron.
James and Brooks have a rivalry that dates back a few years when the latter was in Memphis. When LeBron was asked about it after this recent matchup though, he chalked it up to them just competing, as seen on Spectrum SportsNet:
“We just like to compete. He’s gonna compete, I’m gonna compete, we’re gonna get up in each other’s face. Try not to go borderline with it, I don’t really take it there. But we’re just competing and did that almost all the way until the end of the game.”
James was also asked if he felt the second technical on Brooks was warranted, and he had no doubt in his mind after the technical he was given in the third quarter:
“It didn’t matter if he had one already or not. That was definitely a tech. If it was a tech on me in the first half then it was a tech on him right there.”
The Lakers and Suns will play three more times this season with the next matchup coming up next week, so there’s no doubt that this will likely continue between James and Brooks with neither willing to back down.
Dillon Brooks believes his trash talk agitates LeBron James
Dillon Brooks is gonna keep up his antics with LeBron James as after their most recent matchup, he stated that he believes his trash talk agitates the Lakers superstar.
More often than not though, it’s James that gets the last laugh, as he did on Sunday.
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