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Attending the Lakers vs Rockets game tonight was Simone Biles and husband, Jonathan Owens. Sitting courtside, the couple had a complete view of the happenings of the game. And what Owens saw seemed to shock him. Aside from the blowout 119-135 loss to Houston, there were a few instances that showcased that basketball can get just as aggressive as the NFL. Particularly, a few instances that involved LeBron James.

While we would imagine Dillon Brooks to headline this, surprisingly, it was a Rockets’ rookie, among others, who took the lead this time. Owens, meanwhile, took to Instagram to share his surprise and shock live.

Owens’ live commentary of the Lakers vs Rockets game on his IG story

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It’s undebatable that the emotions and feel of a live game can be surpassed by anything else. And that includes feeling every punch, hit, fall, and more. Being part of a high-contact sport himself, Owens understands this better than anyone else. So, to watch the whole incident play out in front of him had the Green Bay Packers safety caption his story with, “Oh he tried to take off.” In the video, Jalen Green can be seen taking possession of the ball from the Lakers and crossing across to eventually pass to Cam Whitmore who ‘tried to take off’ but unfortunately missed the shot.

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Green and Alperen Sengun led the Rockets tonight. Their explosive scoring was no match for the 39-year-old James. Both landing double-doubles, the young Rockets ensured that Bron knew that he was their prey for the night. Sengun had 31 points, 12 rebounds, and seven assists. Green led the scorers with 34 points while contributing 12 rebounds and seven assists of his own.

While they were busy directing the narrative, rookie Cam Whitmore was creating a story of his own. The 2023 No. 20 draft pick seemed to be proving a point as he took every possible chance to dunk on LeBron. Take, for instance, this almost posterizing dunk in the second quarter.

Another instance saw him dunk on the 4x champion, grab the ball and casually hand it over to him. This wasn’t a lone incident. The Rockets are known for their game plan of targeting older players. Throughout the game, this was apparent, as they availed every opportunity to showcase that they weren’t afraid of the ‘Akron Hammer’. Sengun himself got one over the veteran player in the third quarter.

While this was going on, The Villian also tried to make his presence known as he went about with his dirty tactics on the court.

LeBron James gets swatted on the head by Dillon Brooks

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The fourth quarter saw Davis sidelined with a groin injury and the team could have lost LeBron too. Trying to land a shot, Bron wasn’t ready for an arm from Brooks right behind him. Not a second went by before the entire arena saw him go down because of the impact.

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Although he was assessed a flagrant 1 foul for the hit, the 4x champion believes Brooks should have been ejected on a flagrant 2. Bron refused to comment on the incident later on, but his brother-in-arms, Anthony Davis, had plenty to say. AD called the refs out for blatantly ignoring, first the Vanderbilt incident, and then the blatant hit on LeBron.

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Anyway, this was the final matchup between the two teams. The Lakers will have to wait quite a bit to extract a retribution.

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