The time an OU football player talked smack to LeBron, and lost
You know that ridiculous 10-point run LeBron went on right before halftime?
You can thank OU football player Gabe Ikard for that.
Via Brian Windhorst of ESPN.com, a fan started chirping at LeBron from a courtside seat towards the end of the first half, telling him he couldn’t shoot. LeBron proceeded to splash a 3, drill a sick step-back, can a jumper over Thabo and then another 3 right in Perk’s face.
“He told me to shoot it,” LeBron said. “He said, ‘Shoot it, you can’t shoot.’ So I said OK. So I shot it.
“And I made it. And I made another one. And I made another one. And he stopped talking to me.”
Whoops. Fitting I guess that in a big game, a move from an OU football player backfired. I’m assuming it was really all Brent Venables’ fault though.
Props to Ikard though who hilariously owned it on Twitter:
@tomhaberstroh @windhorstespn I was that fan! Stopped talking because he was on other end in 2nd half. Touché on the performance @kingjames
— Gabe Ikard (@GabeIkard) February 15, 2013
@anthonyvslater Didn’t go very well. I need to make adjustments for the NBA finals. We will meet again @kingjames
— Gabe Ikard (@GabeIkard) February 15, 2013
LeBron 1, Gabe Ikard 0. Or really, LeBron 10, Ikard 0. Maybe next time though don’t rile up LeBron. Better yet, give your seat to Jimmy Goldstein or something.