Fans mock LeBron James’ overtime scoring streak

The Los Angeles Lakersfor the second night in a row, the Phoenix Suns punched him in the mouth even though he The Suns lost Devin Booker to a groin injury. Filled with lethargy in execution on both ends of the floor, the Lakers were crushed in a 125-108 loss. In fact, all the Lakers were playing for near the end was LeBron James‘ A 10-point streak that came so dangerously close to an end.

James had just six points on 2-7 shooting from the field through the first three quarters as the Lakers struggled to stop a terrific Suns team that couldn’t miss thanks to Dillon Brooks and Colin Gillespie. The star of the Lakers was conspicuously absent, and with play escape from the purple and goldit looked like head coach JJ Redick was going to pull out early.

But as expected, James stayed on the court until he scored his 10th point. To that end, the mission was a success for the Lakers. James got to the foul line early in the fourth and sank a pair of free throws, then took over Gillespie later in the period and drilled a stepback three to go over the 10-point mark for 1,296. consecutive game.

Lakers’ LeBron James is booed by fans for continuing streak amid blowout

There was simply no way the Lakers star was going to leave the floor without keeping his streak alive, and sure enough, he left the court shortly after scoring his 10th point, prompting a barrage of reactions from fans on social media.

“LeBron so disgusting he doesn’t even care about winning just so he doesn’t lose that 10 point streak this can’t be anyone’s goat,” X user @7Crimson0 wrote.

“LeBron dropped 25 points in the game to make sure he had a double digit streak 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Boy, truly the stat king,” @_InChris_iTrust he added.

“LeBron will never let this record go. It doesn’t matter if he has 0 and they have 45. He’ll get his 10 to keep the streak alive lol,” @BayAreaLeek further.

“You have to know that the streak will only end if LeBron gets hurt or fouls out early, and that’s what’s going to happen,” @UTDNizer explained.

“LeBron James had to realize he was going to lose a 10 point streak before he got involved at the end of the game.. smh. The only reason this bum** is still playing is because he knows the Lakers are going to draft Bryce,” @243_GOAT expressed.