Global Courant 2023-05-14 02:49:12
After the Los Angeles Lakers’ victory over the Golden State Warriors on Friday night, LeBron James appeared to be barking back at a Warriors player who shot at him during the series.
The Lakers won Game 6 122-101 and James dropped 30 points with nine rebounds and nine assists.
In an Instagram post celebrating the victory, James showed photos in a roll from the match with this caption:
“I HATE IT! Started from the bottom, now here we are, (ninja emoji), we made it! (crown emoji).”
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Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James, left, shoots as Golden State Warriors guard Jordan Poole defends during the first half in Game 3 of an NBA Western Conference Semifinal on May 6, 2023 in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Why did he capitalize the first line? During the reel, a song was played, a popular song called “Tuscan Leather” by rapper Drake, with the line “Couch players talking like starters, I hate it.”
The reel cuts immediately after that line and many believe it was aimed at Warriors bench player JaMychal Green.
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Green had an Instagram story with a reposted image showing a quote from James about flopping, which became a hot topic during the series.
“We’re not working on flopping. … We’re just not a team that goes out and looks for opportunities to flop. It’s just not us. We’ve never been. There’s never really been any teams I’ve had against in my life 20 years where we’ve been a flop team,” said James.
Green posted a blue cap emoji over James’ head in the photo, suggesting he thought James was lying.
JaMychal Green of the Golden State Warriors warms up for Game 5 of the Western Conference Semifinals of the 2023 NBA Playoffs against the Los Angeles Lakers on May 10, 2023 at Chase Center in San Francisco. (Noah Graham/NBAE via Getty Images)
James never responded verbally in interviews, but his message could be his response and acknowledgment that he saw what Green was saying all along.
Be that as it may, the Lakers are back in the Western Conference finals, which James and Anthony Davis reached in the bubble during the 2019-20 season when they won it all. James scored at least 21 points in every game against the Warriors, and the Lakers seem to be the hot team in the west after entering the NBA play-in tournament.
James’ focus now turns to the Denver Nuggets, the Lakers’ opponent in the conference Finals, after the Nuggets defeated the Phoenix Suns in six games.
Los Angeles Lakers send LeBron James to an umpire during the first half in Game 3 of an NBA Western Conference semifinal game against the Golden State Warriors on May 6, 2023 in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
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Game 1 of that series kicks off Tuesday at 8:30 PM ET.
Scott Thompson is a sportswriter for Fox News Digital.
