LeBron James Had to Push Unruly Fan Away From Lakers’ Bench During Bizarre In-Game Moment

This was wild to see.

A fan’s desire to meet Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James led to an ejection Monday night.

A man ran up to an unsuspecting James during a stoppage of play during the Thunder-Lakers game. The fan’s intentions seemed rather innocuous, as he seemingly attempted to get a hug from the four-time MVP before he was escorted away by arena personnel. The man was later ejected from the game, with James looking surprised by the whole situation as he went back to putting back on his warm-up shirt.

Here’s a look at the entire incident.

A fan from the Thunder-Lakers game runs up to Lebron #Lakers pic.twitter.com/1gk0wwgXMF

— FFraire_ (@Fernadad1) January 16, 2024

LeBron has dealt with his fair share of incidents like this one over the years, given his stature as one of the best players in the sport’s history. And while this one never appeared threatening, the incident did raise some eyebrows from fans around the country over how the man was able to enter the court and get to James so easily.

Lakers defense rubbing off on their security https://t.co/IuqS0gHfhs

— kingtisemedia (@kingtisemedia) January 16, 2024

Security in trouble. How yall letting dudes walk up and touch Bron lol https://t.co/p2bUycpNNu

— DeMarvelous Fox & Ox (@SecurinDaBagley) January 16, 2024

Crazy fans! https://t.co/Rr70jSFfuo pic.twitter.com/wTKjbCmbkO

— Ballislife.com (@Ballislife) January 16, 2024

I don’t understand people. https://t.co/UBjuwEoamD

— JJ (@JameelahJNBA) January 16, 2024

Of course the Lakers defense was slow to react in this situation. 🤦‍♂️ https://t.co/1kMrdf6WSx

— Yinoma2001 (@Yinoma2001) January 16, 2024

The last time that security team needs to be working https://t.co/eU6jJo5dOX

— . (@camxlll_) January 16, 2024