LeBron James had the ball out prime with 16.eight seconds left within the recreation and the Lakers down 1. Jimmy Butler was in entrance of him. LeBron drove to his proper, Butler moved with him and two-other Warmth defenders closed in, so LeBron made the correct basketball play and made a cross out to a wide-open Danny Inexperienced on the prime of the important thing — and Inexperienced missed the shot. The Lakers misplaced.

That led to LeBron’s critics coming to life on Twitter to complain he didn’t go full-on hero ball and shoot over three defenders. Jay Williams of ESPN led the way in which.

Sure Danny Inexperienced was open however I don’t care what nobody says… Bron wanted to shoot that shot. PERIOD.

— Jay Williams (@RealJayWilliams) October 10, 2020

There was loads of backlash for Williams, whereas different NBA gamers stepped as much as defend LeBron’s resolution.

Good look, good shot. Of us gained’t Bron to shoot over three individuals bc he arguably the



. He made the correct play. Did I would like him to shoot over three of us. Sure lol. However He adequate to attain over a pair guys however wired to make sensible performs and that’s a excessive% uncontested shot by a cham https://t.co/hletKjZ8nh

— CJ McCollum (@CJMcCollum) October 10, 2020

Folks miss pictures on a regular basis man . Don’t do this . You speaking a few man who has hit large pictures in finals with followers. On a number of events https://t.co/BwQ0D9JAfa

— CJ McCollum (@CJMcCollum) October 10, 2020

That was a superb cross to a WIDE open three level shooter…if yall say in any other case yall shouldn’t be speaking basketball

— Josh Hart (@joshhart) October 10, 2020

No one’s fault. Nice cross, nice shot, simply missed. Do not let the miss take away from giving the Warmth their props although!!

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Jamal Crawford (@JCrossover) October 10, 2020

LeBron stated that is who he’s — he makes the correct basketball play. LeBron has made a cross on the finish of a recreation to gamers like Donyell Marshall, Ray Allen, Kyrie Irving, and others. This time the shot didn’t fall.

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“I’ve all the time performed the sport the identical manner since I used to be a child and I’ve had success doing it. And I gained’t let a play right here or a play there change my outlook on the sport and the way I play the sport,” LeBron stated. “I imply, should you simply have a look at the play, I used to be in a position to attract two defenders under the free-throw line and discover one in all our shooters on the prime of the important thing for a wide-open three to win a championship. I trusted him, we trusted him, and it simply didn’t go. You reside with that. You reside with that.”

Whereas Inexperienced was huge open, Miami was prepared to stay with that.

“On the finish of the day, I like these selections,” Warmth coach Erik Spoelstra stated of his staff’s protection on that play. “I imply we had everyone within the paint, LeBron simply had a bunch of these possessions within the fourth quarter the place he was simply attending to the basket, offensive rebounding, all the things on the rim, to the free throw line. So we wanted to convey not solely a second defender there, a 3rd defender. Then they lower and naturally Danny Inexperienced is there.

“However there was a karma to it. I believed our aggressive spirit all through the course of the sport was nice. Typically it’s make or miss and generally it’s worthwhile to be a little bit bit lucky; we have been.”

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