“Million-Dollar Art of Losing”: Fans attack LeBron James and Russell Westbrook for complaining to refs in Mavericks’ late surge against Lakers

“Million-Dollar Art of Losing”: Fans attack LeBron James and Russell Westbrook for complaining to refs in Mavericks’ late surge against Lakers

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LeBron James and Russell Westbrook are again back in the headlines as Los Angeles Lakers once again fell short in a match-up they were supposed to win. The team has been consistently inconsistent as there are no signs of high-level IQ plays and also team chemistry. LeGM this offseason got the veteran roster hand-picked but the team is struggling as the reality is very different compared to what the picks showed on paper.

LeBron James
LeBron James

Recently, the Los Angeles Lakers hosted the Dallas Mavericks at Crypto.com Arena. After a contested and head-to-head match-up in the late minutes, the Mavericks were successful in getting the dub as they shut-downed the Lakers and won the game. The final box score stands at 109-104 favoring the Dallas Mavericks. Currently, under the leadership of LeBron James, the Los Angeles Lakers are ranked as the ninth seed in the western conference with a record of 27 wins and 34 losses at .443.

Russell Westbrook and LeBron James
Russell Westbrook and LeBron James

LeBron James in the game had 26 points, 5 assists, and 12 rebounds another great performance of his but ended up losing the game as the supporting cast fell short again. Russell Westbrook in the game had 12 points, 8 assists, and 6 rebounds another bad game as fans are critical. But the most criticism the stars are facing is because of their art of complaining and not delivering.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Kl5s-bG0Wk&authuser=0

Fans react to LeBron James and Russell Westbrook Complaining to refs

Luka Doncic
Luka Doncic

With four minutes and twenty-four seconds remaining for the second quarter to end Russell Westbrook was seen almost fighting with the refs. As the guard thought a foul should have been called when Luka Doncic met him up in the air and blocked his shot. Even LeBron James had his back as he had a conversation with the refs so a foul could be called. But unfortunately, nothing worked and there were no whistles called. In the next possession, even LeBron James did the same as he didn’t run back on defense and stayed Complaining.

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Twitter has thousands of reactions to offer for the viral clip where both stars are seen complaining instead of delivering and winning the game. Fans are very critical of both the stars as they didn’t deliver and waited to complain. Find some of many such reactions posted by fans on Twitter here below:

https://twitter.com/JohnPoi54399196/status/1498890181851725826?t=1tN7HXxrVG70FCztsKRtbA&s=19
https://twitter.com/jmidge88/status/1498873485053018117?t=s1lJwuWNEfS4GOM96E2w7w&s=19

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