Shannon Sharpe and LeBron James
Shannon Sharpe took aim at a fan who was critical of LeBron James scoring 48 points for the Los Angeles Lakers in their recent win over the Houston Rockets.
The Los Angeles Lakers went up against the Houston Rockets on Monday night at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. It was the home outfit who came out on top as the Lakers recorded a 140-132 win over the visitors, and it was yet another incredible performance by the legendary veteran LeBron James that spurred the Lakers to an important win on home soil.
The legendary James who is currently in the 20th season of his NBA career and only recently became the second man ever to record 38,000 NBA points, recorded yet another unbelievable performance for his age as he racked up a whopping tally of 48 points, 8 rebounds and 9 assists – recording a near triple-double as he helped the Lakers to the win over the Houston Rockets.
The NBA legend who is currently chasing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s long-standing record of most points in the NBA, successfully shot 16 of his 26 total attempted field goals at a success rate of 62%. While his performance was applauded by fans, one fan was critical of his display as it came against the struggling Wizards – and analyst Shannon Sharpe came to James’ rescue.
Shannon Sharpe came to LeBron’s rescue as he defended James from the fan’s critical comments regarding his performance against the Houston Rockets.
Discussing James’ performance against the Rockets, a fan on Twitter was critical as he wrote that the display only came against the Rockets. As the fan wrote “10-33 rockets have some shame” as a reply to a tweet applauding James’ display, Sharpe came to LeBron’s defense.
The NBA analyst wrote: “When Luka dropped fiddy on same Rockets tm. You applauded now it’s a problem” as a reply to the aforementioned fan’s tweet. The tweet received support from other fans as they shared a similar sentiment with Sharpe regarding James’ performance.
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