LEBRON James couldn’t believe the wild ending his Los Angeles Lakers were involved in Thursday.
The 40-year-old was visibly stunned as his team lost 119-117 to the Chicago Bulls with a dramatic half-court buzzer beater.
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James stood in the middle of the court in disbelief after Josh Giddey hit the game winner over him.
The Bulls inflicted Los Angeles’ eighth loss in the last 12 games.
Los Angeles led 115-110 with 12.6 seconds left before a dramatic collapse.
James turned the ball over and took the blame for his part in the shock loss.
“We put ourselves in position to win,” he said.
“We gave up a lot of 3s in the fourth quarter but still put ourselves in position to win.
“Horrible turnover by myself and a miscommunication the play before that.
“AR (Austin Reaves) tried to save us – tip your hats.”
Thursday’s ending was a complete contrast to James scoring on a last-second tip-in to beat the Indiana Pacers on Wednesday.
James has had an eventful week while on the road.
Before taking on the Indiana Pacers this week, he stopped by the Pat McAfee Show for an hour-long interview.
James addressed his court side spat with ESPN star Stephen A. Smith at a recent Lakers game.
The flash point was about Bronny James, and NBA legend LeBron accused Smith of making things personal.
Smith hit back by releasing a new episode of his self-titled show on YouTube.
First Take personality Smith claimed he “would’ve swung” on James had the NBA icon put his hands on him.
Smith said, “When he approached me when I was sitting court side at that game against the New York Knicks, I didn’t know he was going to roll up on me, I had no idea.
“But when he said what he had to say, I was in no position to give any kind of retort without making a scene.
“It was during the third quarter, it was during a time out, it was him walking towards the basketball court, it was on national television, the cameras were rolling.
“What do y’all want me to do? You want this to be a reincarnation of Chris Rock and Will Smith.
“Let me state for the record and let me assure you it wouldn’t have gone down like that.
“I would’ve got my a*** kicked because if that man put his hands on me I would’ve immediately swung on him. Immediately.
“That I’m not going to tolerate.
“But I knew he wasn’t going to do anything like that. There was no fear in my mind. There was shock.”
James shared a video on Instagram hours later appearing to show Smith in sparring practice.
It’s unclear when and where the video was filmed, but it made James laugh.
“Whomp whomp whomp,” the Los Angeles Lakers star posted with a number of laughing emojis.
