Warriors ahead JaMychal Inexperienced appeared to take a web page out of Dillon Brooks’ playbook.
Inexperienced known as out LeBron James on social media after the Lakers star denied that he and his teammates are “on the lookout for flopping alternatives” within the Western Convention semifinals sequence, which Los Angeles leads 3-2.
In a Thursday submit on his Instagram Story, Inexperienced shared James’ quote about flopping with a cap emoji, implying that the NBA’s all-time main scorer is mendacity.
Inexperienced’s submit got here after Warriors head coach Steve Kerr stated he was dissatisfied that the Lakers had been rewarded after they “took some flops” in Recreation 4 — a 104-101 Lakers win.
“I feel we had three or 4 unlawful screens known as, and that was disappointing,” Kerr stated after Recreation 4.
“The Lakers, they’re a staff that performs with loads of gamesmanship, they perceive easy methods to generate some calls. I believed they took some flops and had been rewarded.”
After Golden State defeated Los Angeles 121-106 in Recreation 5, James was requested about Kerr’s feedback.
“I simply know that we and our teaching workers and us gamers, we don’t work on flopping,” James stated. “That’s not even part of our recreation.
“Our recreation is to assault, assault the paint. We don’t thoughts bodily contact, and we don’t draw back from it. [We’re] simply not a staff that goes on the market on the lookout for flopping alternatives. It’s not us. It’s by no means been.”
One “distinguished” Lakers participant had a fiery response to Kerr’s feedback, in keeping with Bleacher Report’s Chris Haynes — who texted the unnamed participant to get a response in regards to the scenario.
“Allow them to b—h and complain, it exhibits weak spot and frustration,” the participant stated, per Haynes.
The Lakers have an opportunity to shut out the second-round sequence at house on Friday in Recreation 6.
It’ll be attention-grabbing to see if the referees will crack down within the elimination recreation as there was heightened dialogue about officiating, free throws, and flopping within the sequence.
Lakers large man Anthony Davis is possible for Recreation 6 after sustaining a head harm within the fourth quarter of Recreation 5.
Head coach Darvin Ham instructed reporters Thursday that Davis shouldn’t be in concussion protocol after he was inadvertently elbowed close to his temple by Warriors middle Kevon Looney.
In the meantime, NBA Twitter had enjoyable with Inexperienced’s callout of James, with some individuals saying it was paying homage to Brooks, who tried and did not be the villain of the Grizzlies-Lakers first-round playoff sequence.
The previous Memphis guard — who was reportedly knowledgeable by the staff that he “won’t be introduced again beneath any circumstances” after the Lakers ousted the Grizzlies, 4-2, within the first spherical — known as James “previous and drained,” and implied he wasn’t nearly as good as he was.
After that, Brooks’ manufacturing on the ground plummeted, with the 27-year-old lacking key defensive assignments, amongst different errors.
