All Of The Jokes Were Out After LeBron Milked An Eye Injury During The Play-In Game On Wednesday

Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James has a reputation of being kind of a flop artist (as well as one of the best basketball players of all-time). On Wednesday, he showed why he’s great, but also why he gets so constantly mocked for how he carries himself on the court.

Late in the fourth quarter of the play-in game, the Lakers were locked into a tight battle with the Warriors. LeBron drove to the rim, and got fouled hard by Draymond Green. LeBron really milked the injury, and stayed on the floor for a good while.

LeBron stayed on the ground after being fouled by Draymond. pic.twitter.com/BtC5Bu5U4c

— ESPN (@espn) May 20, 2021

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The refs went to the video to check on the foul by Draymond, and ruled that it was not a flagrant.

While LeBron continued to complain about his eye, many fans flocked to social media to joke on James milking an injury yet again.

When Lebron tells the story of last night to his grandkids: pic.twitter.com/YpvjmPBcj8

— Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz (@LeBatardShow) May 20, 2021

Lebron James hitting the go ahead shot pic.twitter.com/O6ESTv1I4R

— Ken A Ochoa (@whysoserious8a) May 20, 2021

https://twitter.com/RobSlater10/status/1395370209041653763

This is playing through a real eye injury. Lebron is fine pic.twitter.com/7ZsLf99f4z

— WhiteNoiseSports (@Whitenoisespor1) May 20, 2021

LeBron almost forgot to continue his acting career during postgame interview until he finished answering the question 😂😂😂

“Oh yea, my eye is hurt. I’ll just open and close them super big. That should make it more believable.” 👀 #ThreeRims 😭 pic.twitter.com/0iO4fNGyVY

— Gordon Deacon (@GordyDeacon) May 20, 2021

LeBron really about to show up to the next game like: pic.twitter.com/rGYjVj5gWV

— Jake (@jlamb_54) May 20, 2021

Somebody get @KingJames an Oscar! 😂

— coltanacabana (@coltanacabana) May 20, 2021

This picture of LeBron this morning is unbelievable. What an absolute warrior to even finish the game last night. #3Rims #Lakers #GSWvsLAL pic.twitter.com/KyZXuYXlMf

— Rob Manfred Hate Account (@B_Smooth011) May 20, 2021

Say what you will about LeBron faking being hurt, but he hit an incredible game-winner with less than one minute to go in the game.

BRON IS CLUTCH 👑

(via @NBATV) pic.twitter.com/FfQrXItlva

— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) May 20, 2021

After the game, LeBron continued to lament his “injury” to his eye.

“After Draymond’s finger to the eye, I was literally seeing three rims out there,” LeBron said. “I just shot for the middle one”

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