Lakers News: Fans React To LeBron James’ Inadvertent Flip Vs Clippers

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During his Los Angeles Lakers' charged second-half rally against the "hosting" LA Clippers last night, All-Star forward LeBron James at one point was agitating for a foul so hard in taking a baseline jumper against former Lakers teammate Russell Westbrook that he actually flipped backwards, much to the excitement of attendant Los Angeles fans:

LEBRON COOKS WESTBROOK AND DOES A FLIP 🤯 pic.twitter.com/pFjqttz9Jl

— Lakers All Day Everyday (@LADEig) February 29, 2024

It was a meme-able moment if ever there was one on an otherwise sleepy Wednesday evening, and the Twitter/X faithful did not disappoint with their takes.

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Travonne Edwards weighed in with a reference to some 2007 cult classic cinema:

stomp the yard (2007) pic.twitter.com/8xovKiDZuZ

— Travonne Edwards (@Travonne) February 29, 2024

Emmy Award-winning TV host Jeff Johnson also hit us with another throwback cultural touchstone, although this time it was song lyrics:

🗣️FATMAN SCOOP!! CROOKYLN CLAN!! TIMBALAND!!! TIMBALAND!!! https://t.co/p35B19yNV3

— Jeff Johnson (@JeffJSays) February 29, 2024

Another fan responded to the original Edwards post, poking fun at James' advanced age (he's the oldest active player in the NBA):

LeBron’s vertical at age 39

— Sity (@Sity510) February 29, 2024

Another fan weighed in with just how wild James was getting on, again, a relatively unexciting Wednesday around the league:

No one:

LeBron on a Wednesday in February: pic.twitter.com/bF4mThKlyo

— 🎭 (@MaskedInLA) February 29, 2024

It's unclear whether or not we're in for an encore LeBron James performance tonight against the Washington Wizards (he may sit out on the second night of a back-to-back set of bouts), but if he does suit up, here's hoping he pulls off some more heroics against another ex-teammate in Kyle Kuzma.