LeBron James makes Scott Foster bleed in Lakers loss to Nuggets

Los Angeles Lakers celebrity LeBron James by accident gave referee Scott Foster a bloody lip when he crashed into the official throughout the fourth quarter of a Recreation 3 loss to the Denver Nuggets within the Western Convention finals on Saturday at Crypto.com Area.

James, 38, shortly rotated for a quick break on offense and crashed into Foster, who seemingly received scratched by his whistle.

The sport stopped to test on the crew chief, who was in a position to return to the ground, however not earlier than a hilarious interplay with James.

Foster, 56, needed to inform James to chill out when he was adamant about it being an accident. He then joked that the Lakers participant had been ready “25 years” to do this.

Austin Reaves additionally joked that James ought to have obtained a technical. The King did not discover it amusing and continued to plead his case.

Lakers go down 0-3 in sequence

Lakers are not any trailing the Nuggets 0-3 within the WCF after their first house loss within the 2023 NBA Playoffs.

James completed the competition with 23 factors and hit a couple of photographs from deep after not scoring any from deep within the first two matches.

Foster is generally recognized for being a thorn in Chris Paul‘s aspect. The guard has a 2-17 profession report when he’s officiating.

Denver has the chance to brush LA on Monday in Recreation 4, which might safe the franchise’s first-ever NBA Finals look.