LeBron: Cavs exec 'too excited' to see me miss

LeBron James used a Cavs staffer's celebration as motivation. David Richard-USA TODAY Sports

LeBron James: Cavs exec 'was a little bit too excited' to see me miss

Originally posted on Game 7 | By Anthony Amador | Last updated 1/27/21

The Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers 115-108 on Monday night.

After the game, LeBron James admitted that part of the reason why he played so well in the outing is because a Cavaliers exec who was sitting courtside ticked him off.

LeBron said a member of the Cavs front office celebrated his miss at the end of the third. He scored 21 in the fourth.

“He was a little bit too excited about seeing me miss.” pic.twitter.com/7gz8poJmRq

— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) January 26, 2021

What precisely did the exec do? Well, when James missed a jumper at the end of the third quarter, the man in question jumped to his feet and clapped obnoxiously.

This dude was asking for it lol.

pic.twitter.com/a1gPUAEA4S

— Jason Timpf (@_JasonLT) January 27, 2021

The gesture irritated James so much that he went out and scored 21 points in the fourth quarter — finishing with 46 points, eight rebounds and six assists for the day.

Cleveland, as a team, scored 19 points in the fourth quarter.

Not only did James single-handedly dismantle the Cavaliers defense, but he did so in extremely efficient fashion. The Lakers star did his damage on 73 percent shooting from the field and went 7-of-11 from beyond the arc.

In a year jam-packed with him getting threatened by deranged fans and putting Shaquille O’Neal in his place, it’s nice that James can still find the time to immediately own an insufferable exec who made the catastrophic error of getting on his nerves.

This article first appeared on Game 7 and was syndicated with permission.

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