LeBron James' Incredibly Botched Dunk Gets Slammed By Fans
LeBron James didn’t become the NBA’s all-time scorer without missing a few shots along the way.
But the Los Angeles Lakers star’s botched slam dunk in a playoff loss to the Denver Nuggets on Thursday was especially memorable.
James received the ball all alone on a breakaway and appeared to swoop in for a majestic jam. Only he bobbled the ball out of bounds instead.
Get ‘em next time, King! 😅#Shaqtinpic.twitter.com/rJyo8hvByd
— Shaqtin' a Fool (@shaqtin) May 19, 2023
And that came just moments after he blew an easy layup.
This happened literally right before that pic.twitter.com/5aRRsPUKZT
— Blanquito 🇦🇷⭐️⭐️⭐️👑 (@blanquitoRico) May 19, 2023
The Lakers lost 108-103 to trail 2 games to 0 in the Western Conference Finals. And it’s never good when one of the highlights is a lowlight from their star.
“I’ve never seen LeBron James miss a wide open dunk and multiple wide open layups in a Playoff game,” Lakers great Magic Johnson wrote on Twitter.
Other observers on Twitter had some fun dunking on James for his epic slam fail.
lebron thinks he’s me
— Shea Serrano (@SheaSerrano) May 19, 2023
There wasn't any mustard on that hotdog.
— FredGSanford (@FredGSa33368887) May 19, 2023
Lol he forgot to powder his hands
— JT (@JoelToscano18) May 19, 2023
Surprised he didn’t say he was fouled 🤣
— Jimmy Kniskern (@JKniskernJr) May 19, 2023
LeBron out there looking kinda clumsy😂
— Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) May 19, 2023
Never seen Bron malfunction on a dunk like that lol
— prince j. grimes (@pgprincej) May 19, 2023
LeWhiff
— Shehan Jeyarajah (@ShehanJeyarajah) May 19, 2023
Don't think we've ever seen that from LeBron. Like, ever. Am I wrong?
— Sam Amick (@sam_amick) May 19, 2023
