Brooks and the Phoenix Suns face off against the Los Angeles Lakers on Monday at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, California. Just before halftime of the contest, Brooks passed out in transition and threw down a two-handed dunk trailing by James.
As soon as Brooks came down from the rim, he began taunting James. He looked right at the four-time NBA champion and made an exaggerated version of James’ famous shoulder shrug move.
Here is the video.
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James usually makes this movement with his shoulders after scoring a basket, especially after an and-1 opportunity. It is so widely associated with James that a referee even jokingly poked fun at the move during a Lakers game last season.
The dunk gave Brooks a game-high 23 points as the Suns took a surprising 66–52 lead over the Lakers at halftime. Brooks has a lot of history with James and his trash talk in particular completely backfired for The King during their head-to-head playoff series in 2023. But Brooks has still continued to taunt James during matchups in subsequent years, and that continued on Monday when Brooks pulled a reverse Uno card on James’ shrug move.
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