Dillon Brooks blamed the media for “making me a villain” after he hit Lakers superstar LeBron James in the groin area Saturday night.
against Dillon Brooks after his hit to the groin area of Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James, the Memphis Grizzlies forward said Sunday that the contact was accidental.ejected following a flagrant 2 foulJames writhed in pain on the floor after the contact. The officiating crew reviewed the play, which occurred in the backcourt, before determining it met the criteria for a flagrant 2, which comes with an automatic ejection.
“The media making me a villain, the fans making me a villain and then that just creates a whole different persona on me,” Brooks told reporters after practice. “So now you think I intended to hit LeBron James in the . I’m playing basketball. I’m a basketball player. So if I intended — and that’s whatever is in the flagrant 2 category — if you think I did that, that means you think I’m that type of person.
ESPN reported league officials reviewed the footage of the flagrant 2 foul and decided not to suspend Brooks.Getty ImagesThis is the second consecutive postseason in which Brooks has been involved in controversy. Last season, he took down Golden State’s Gary Payton II with a flagrant 2 foul in Game 2 of the Western Conference semifinals.
Brooks was suspended one game while Payton missed the rest of the postseason with a fractured left elbow.
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