LeBron James has no shame when it comes to using a flop to draw a cheap foul call against an opponent, and never was it more apparent than Saturday's Game 3 of the NBA Eastern Conference Finals.
In the second quarter, James was involved in pulling Cleveland Cavaliers teammate Tristan Thompson away from some opposing Toronto Raptors players as they exchanged words near midcourt. Thompson threw his arm backwards and hit LeBron right in the face, and LeBron threw his head back and fell off-balance down to the floor.
As far as getting the foul call, it almost worked, as the officials initially assessed a technical foul on Raptors forward DeMarre Carroll. Fortunately, the play was reviewed and the technical was rescinded as the video clearly showed that it was Thompson, not Carroll, who hit James.
For LeBron to be so preconditioned to flopping that he instinctively throws himself backwards when feeling the slightest bit of contact, even after getting hit by his own teammate, that's pretty bad.
H/T LBS.
In the second quarter, James was involved in pulling Cleveland Cavaliers teammate Tristan Thompson away from some opposing Toronto Raptors players as they exchanged words near midcourt. Thompson threw his arm backwards and hit LeBron right in the face, and LeBron threw his head back and fell off-balance down to the floor.
As far as getting the foul call, it almost worked, as the officials initially assessed a technical foul on Raptors forward DeMarre Carroll. Fortunately, the play was reviewed and the technical was rescinded as the video clearly showed that it was Thompson, not Carroll, who hit James.
For LeBron to be so preconditioned to flopping that he instinctively throws himself backwards when feeling the slightest bit of contact, even after getting hit by his own teammate, that's pretty bad.
H/T LBS.
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