LeBron Jamesdidn’t let one assertive fan go unchecked at a game earlier this week.
On Tuesday, as the Los Angeles Lakers took on the Bulls at Chicago’s United Center arena, the NBA superstar, 34, fired back at a spectator who was repeatedly heckling James during the sporting event.
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The negative fan interaction didn’t impact James performance, however.
With a score of 118–112, the Lakers beat the Bulls during Tuesday night’s matchup.
Acknowledging the feat, James retweeted a post from the Lakers, writing, “#WashedKing 🤫👑,” assuring he’s anything but washed up.
The instance of heckling comes less than one month after the NBA announced it would impose stricter policies about fans taunting players.
Anything “non-basketball related” would be enforced as grounds for ejection, NBA executive VP and chief security officer Jerome Pickettannouncedin October, saying staff members would “go and pull a fan out of the seat and investigate what happened.”
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Earlier this year, Oklahoma City Thunder point guardRussell Westbrookdealt with an aggressive crowd member during a game, resulting in a shouting match the star said hewasn’t sorry about.
“I truly will stand up for myself and my family and my wife and my mom and my dad every single time,” hetoldThe Salt Lake Tribunein March. “I expect anybody else to do the same.”
Westbrook added: “There’s no protection for the players. There are people who come to the game to say mean, disrespectful things about me and my family. For many years I’ve done all the right things. … I’m humble, I take all the criticism from everybody. But for me, disrespect will not be taken from me.”
source: people.com
