The Los Angeles Lakers lost their fourth game in a row to the Oklahoma City Thunder in a Western Conference semifinal sweep on Monday, with a 115-110 final tally.
Meanwhile, the Phoenix Suns made the NBA playoffs this year as the eighth seed, but they were swept in the first round by the Thunder.
Suns star Dillon Brooks has been in the news for something other than the team’s showing, though. He has reignited a his beef with Lakers legend LeBron James.
Brooks and James have a history of feuding. It began back in 2023 when Brooks was with the Grizzlies, and this feud has been amped up lately, even when the Suns and Lakers went at it this past season.
In the Suns’ loss to the Lakers in December, Brooks got ejected toward the end of the game for bumping and yelling at James, after getting the impression that James fouled him on a three-pointer. The NBA officially ruled that Brooks was at fault.
Suns’ Dillon Brooks keeps rolling with his beef with LeBron James
Well, Brooks and James have something in common: They were both swept by the Thunder in the playoffs this season. But, that may not be enough to bond over to be friends.
Brooks was recently at a Lakers game and sat in the front row, right near the basket, in an appearance that went viral because he was right there, in front of James as the Lakers star tossed tree throws. The moment led to talk that Brooks was once again trolling James.