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#pounditThursday, March 28, 2024

LeBron James flops after getting hit by Tristan Thompson (Video)

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During a brief scuffle in Saturday’s game between the Raptors and Cavaliers, LeBron James caught an inadvertent elbow that sent him flying in hilarious fashion.

Late in the second quarter of Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals, Tristan Thompson and Bismack Biyombo exchanged words near halfcourt. Cory Joseph came in to try and separate the two. DeMarre Carroll also arrived and gave Thompson a nudge. The result was Thompson’s arm going back and making contact with the face of James. And, down went LeBron!

Carroll was assessed a technical foul as from certain angles it looks like he was the one who made contact with James, not Thompson. After review, Carroll’s technical was rescinded. Thompson and Joseph, however, did each receive one.

James is, without question, one of the strongest players in the NBA. He later showed it by making a shot with DeMar DeRozan grabbing his left arm. As J.A. Adande added, James doesn’t go down unless he wants to go down.

As you can probably imagine, the internet had fun with James’ flop.

James has established a reputation as someone who will embellish contact. This certainly won’t help to dispel that notion.

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