The Memphis forward went over the edge he’s always hanging on with a direct shot to James’ groin, leaving his already short-handed team to try to claw its way back without him in Game 3.
No one in L.A. felt sorry for Brooks, who shot 3 for 13 for seven points in 19 minutes Saturday before exiting the game and leaving his already short-handed Grizzlies to try to claw their way back without him in a chippy contentious game that the Lakers led by as many as 29 points. Even without its resident instigator, Memphis was able to whittle the lead to 108-99 late in the final period.
But the hosts – like bears awakened from slumber – benefitted from a crowd that was unleashing built-up fury for Brooks, energy that helped lift the home team, D’Angelo Russell said, as they hammered Memphis 35-9 in the first quarter. The Lakers built a 26-point buffer that was the largest first-quarter lead in NBA playoff history.
James, by the way, finished with a respectable 25 points, 12 of which came before Brooks was banned Saturday – and perhaps for Game 4, too, if the league considers his latest bad act worthy of a suspension. Brooks is squandering his wish and his golden marketing opportunity. “I wouldn’t mind playing LeBron in a seven-game series,” he said before seedings were set, eyeing a chance to introduce the world to Dillon the Villain.
The Grizzlies’ fourth- or fifth-best player and their foremost mouthpiece, the character who in college once flopped like a fish on a dock in a game at Utah, and who earlier this season smirked and called Sharpe a “blogger” and a “regular pedestrian” after Bayless’ “Undisputed” co-host got into it with several members of the Grizzlies at a game in L.A. Who has said he aspires to defend like Ron Artest and to mean to his team what Draymond Green means to the Golden State Warriors.
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