The Lakers beat the Suns on Sunday night in an exceptionally entertaining affair for a December regular-season contest. LeBron James and Dillon Brooks wrote another chapter in their surprising and storied rivalry, going back and forth with each other all evening as their teams jostled for position in a close game. James even earned a rare technical foul for getting into Brooks’s face and got physical with an official in the process. Los Angeles proved victorious but it was a narrow win thanks to what unfolded in the final seconds.
With 12 seconds remaining Brooks nailed a three-point shot to give Phoenix a one-point lead. Then his emotions got the better of him and he got right up in James’s face after making the go-ahead bucket. It resulted in Brooks earning his second technical foul and an ejection, which meant the Lakers got to shoot a technical free throw to tie the game and would take possession of the ball afterwards.
