LeBron James and the Lakers are heading home down 2-0 to the Nuggets in the Western Conference finals after Thursday night’s 108–103 loss in Denver.
The Lakers led at halftime and had some good chances to possibly even the series but Nikola Jokić & Co. rose to the challenge in front of a very loud home crowd and took care of business down the stretch.
James, who recently said the Lakers don’t flop, sure looked like he flopped on one play in the fourth quarter and he was able to draw a foul on Jokić in the process. Check out this play and how far James went flying:
Nuggets fan gave LeBron a towel after that flop 🤣💀 pic.twitter.com/XrYWlW7KU0
— Wu Tang is for the Children (@WUTangKids) May 19, 2023
That was pretty bad.
Jokić got some payback shortly after that when he flopped to get a foul called on James:
Jokic gets LeBron back with a flop on the other end pic.twitter.com/8bpy3vrsH1
— hoops bot (@hoops_bot) May 19, 2023
NBA fans roasted James over his flop:
LeBron saying the Lakers don’t flop while he totally forgets he’s the king of terrible flops. He is embarrassingly bad at this. pic.twitter.com/74pgjweAQK
— Paul Crisp (@pcrispy) May 19, 2023
Lebron will the most cartoonish flop of all time pic.twitter.com/onkpnPPrNt
— Ice Cold Sports (@IceColdSprts) May 19, 2023
Year 20 and this may be the best flop of Lebron’s Career. Inspiring stuff #StriveforGreatness pic.twitter.com/M1rNU2JSU5
— sultran_of_swing (@bsktball98) May 19, 2023
LeFlop
— TC (@TomCav80) May 19, 2023
2nd best flop of all time#nba #flop #lebronjames #LeBron pic.twitter.com/M10RXF7jPD
LeBron said Lakers don’t flop lmaoooo pic.twitter.com/2ZBtxFfJ0U
— Tedd Buddwell 🏀🏈 (@TedBuddy8) May 19, 2023
And...Action! https://t.co/oNSMktIakI
— The Best Ball Junkie (@BestBallJunkie) May 19, 2023
Had no idea LeBron played for the Italian national team. https://t.co/QpWa9Ipw9P
— Thomas Kyle-Milward (@ThomasKMilward) May 19, 2023
LeBron said, “… our coaching staff and us players, we don't work on flopping …” and it shows. This was terrible. https://t.co/4qtxAi6JAx
— Republic of Anthony (@BissieSmalls) May 19, 2023
