NBA Fans Roasted LeBron James for His Awful Flop Late in Lakers’ Game 2 Loss to Nuggets

This was so bad.

Andy Nesbitt | May 19, 2023

NBA Fans Roasted LeBron James for His Awful Flop Late in Lakers’ Game 2 Loss to Nuggets /

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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:

That was pretty bad.

Jokić got some payback shortly after that when he flopped to get a foul called on James:

NBA fans roasted James over his flop:

Published May 19, 2023

ANDY NESBITT

Andy Nesbitt is the assistant managing editor of audience engagement at Sports Illustrated. He works closely with the Breaking and Trending News team to shape SI’s daily coverage across all sports. A 20-year veteran of the sports media business, he has worked for Fox Sports, For the Win, The Boston Globe and NBC Sports, having joined SI in February 2023. Nesbitt is a golf fanatic who desperately wants to see the Super Bowl played on a Saturday night.