The phrase that infuriated LeBron James and that ended with two fans in the street

Updated:26/11/2021 09:27h

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LeBron James, in addition to his game, is in the news lately for matters that do not strictly belong to the basketball field. The player was sanctioned with one match and more than 250,000 euros for elbowing Detroit Pistons center Isaiah Stewart on Sunday. After serving punishment, the forward returned to play with the Los Angeles Lakers yesterday and, in addition to a great performance (39 points) against the Indiana PacersJames starred in one of the night’s scenes when he faced two local fans, who ended up expelled from the pavilion.

A day later it is already known what the Pacers fans, seated in the front row, said to the Lakers star.

According to US media, a woman and a man began to get angry with the forward during the extension of the game (final victory for Los Angeles by 124-116), where he scored 8 points in the last five minutes meeting. First, one of the two fans involved started yelling at him that hopefully will be infected with coronavirus while spitting into a glass.

LeBron James get into it with 2 courtside Pacers fans get ejected. ????

One makes a crying face as she walks out. ☹️pic.twitter.com/4QsXBv5R4l

— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPointsApp) November 25, 2021

Yet it was what the woman next to him said that brought the match to a halt. According to several witnesses, she yelled at LeBron that “I hope your son dies in a car accident tomorrow”. This was the phrase that caused the Lakers to notify the referee, who after stopping the game expelled the two Pacers fans. The woman left the ward making ‘crybaby’ gestures at James.

After the duel and with the spirits a little calmer, James, at a press conference, was asked about the matter: «There is a difference between supporting your team and cross a line with gestures and words, things that I would not say to a fan and that they should not say to a player.

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