On January 18th, Beijing time, the Lakers won the game, but James and his former teammate Russell have completely broken up, with no communication after the game, and James also refused to shake hands and left directly.
The Lakers narrowly defeated the Nets. Honestly, although they won the game, there's really nothing to boast about. After all, this is a team that was just beaten by the Clippers by 59 points, and it's a team that suffered a back-to-back crushing defeat at the hands of the Clippers, lacking both ability and stamina, basically giving everything away. And yet, the Lakers still played so hard, and the league arranged such a favorable schedule to help them, almost missing the opportunity, which is really embarrassing.
And a post-game camera shot could also show that James was indeed dissatisfied with the team's performance in this game, and was very unhappy, which also revealed the relationship between him and Russell, which had completely broken up. Because facing this former teammate, James refused to greet him, and even did not want to shake hands to pay tribute, turning around and leaving.
Generally, after winning a game, James would take the initiative to hug the opponent, but in this game, Russell missed the decisive three-pointer, and the Lakers narrowly escaped. After grabbing the rebound, James immediately walked away with the ball in his arms. Russell, who missed the shot, gritted his teeth and was very dissatisfied. James threw the ball into the air without even looking at Russell and walked past him directly. There was no eye contact or conversation between the two sides, which was the best evidence that the two sides had already broken up and turned against each other.
At that time, James strode back to the locker room, while Russell was still on the court, hugging these Lakers teammates. Especially when Russell and Reeves were hugging and talking a lot, it could be seen that Russell was specifically looking for these teammates to reminisce, but when he looked for James, he found that LeBron had already left and was no longer paying attention to him, and the two sides also completely declared a break-up.
Once this shot came out, it was clear that James must still be very dissatisfied with Russell, and the enmity and grievances between the two sides had long been established. Otherwise, Russell would not have taken the initiative to embrace others, but only when it came to James, the two sides did not greet each other and passed by like strangers. Because this is indeed not a normal attitude that former teammates should have when meeting each other. After this game, they will completely break up in the future, and next time they face each other, LeBron will no longer show mercy.