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Andy Nesbitt

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

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: 

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