The superstar might have even surprised himself with this reaction.
LeBron James used a bit of spontaneous, uh, creativity to celebrate a dunk by teammate Anthony Davis on Sunday.
Late in the third quarter of the Los Angeles Lakers’ 123–113 loss to the Phoenix Suns, forward Taurean Prince lobbed up a layup but missed. Davis was there, however, and threw down a thunderous one-handed put-back dunk.
James, watching from the bench, gave a joyous fist-pump before reaching behind him for a Gatorade cup to reenact the put-back dunk.
“Oh yeah, he’s really loving it,” ESPN play-by-play announcer Ryan Ruocco said on the broadcast. "Loving it more than we even realized.”
LeBron doing full on re-enactments of AD's putback slam with props pic.twitter.com/WU1809zkII
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James finished the night with 28 points, 12 assists and seven rebounds, but the Lakers lost for the second time in three games since the All-Star break.
The Lakers return to the floor Wednesday to battle their crosstown rival Los Angeles Clippers at Crypto.com Arena. Gatorade cups beware.
