LeBron James running away? He's going all in on Curry.

"drop--!"

As soon as the buzzer signaled the end of regulation time, the atmosphere at Staples Center was not tense because of the upcoming overtime; instead, it descended into unprecedented chaos!

The atmosphere in front of the Clippers' bench was so tense that it felt like a single spark could blow the entire arena to smithereens!

"You fucking blame me?! You cowardly scapegoat!!!"

DeMarcus Cousins' roar pierced through the noisy background noise, and even the audience in the front row could hear it clearly.

This 270-pound behemoth in the paint, with bloodshot eyes, was pointing at LeBron James and cursing him.

Faced with Cousins' outburst, James, who always prides himself on being the "big brother" and "commander" of the team, did not choose to appease him. Instead, in order to protect his pitiful self-esteem, he continued to argue incessantly.

"DeMarcus! Watch your attitude! I'm making the best basketball decision!"

James spread his hands, looking utterly exasperated. "I was the ball handler, I drew the defense's attention! You got into position in the low post, I passed you the ball, that was the final act of the play! You didn't make it, and now you're here complaining about me? Is this how you treat the game?!"

"Fuck the best basketball choice!!"

Cousins ​​was so angry he was shaking. He had played basketball his whole life and had never seen anyone put "passing the buck" in such a fresh and elegant way!

"Was that supposed to draw the defense?! You were just wasting time like an idiot on the outside, then shoving a ticking time bomb into my hands! You don't even have the courage to admit you're afraid to take the crucial shot!"

The two argued more and more fiercely, but the other Clippers players displayed a unique blend of warmth and coldness in their relationships.

Kyrie Irving sat on a bench, wiping sweat with a towel in his hand, a smirk of anticipation playing on his lips.

He had long been fed up with James's hypocritical "I'll teach you how to win" rhetoric. Now that he saw a villain come out and expose James's true colors, Irving wished he could grab a bag of popcorn and watch the show while eating.

Meanwhile, Kevin Durant, on the other side, draped a towel over his head, stared down at his sneakers, and remained silent.

As a naturally "sensitive second son," Durant is most afraid of these kinds of conflict scenarios.

He neither wanted to speak up for James nor stop the furious Cousins, so he simply pretended to be deaf and dumb and stayed out of it.

"You've disappointed me greatly, DeMarcus. You have absolutely no idea what championship-level tactical execution is."

Seeing that no one came to his defense, James had no choice but to bite the bullet and continue to try to suppress Cousins ​​in a condescending tone.

However, he underestimated how irritable his "cousin" was.

"I know your mother's ass!!!"

Seeing James's hypocritical face, still trying to justify himself and put all the blame on himself, Cousins' last shred of rationality snapped!

"I'm going to tear that hypocritical mouth of yours apart today!"

Cousins ​​let out a beastly roar, swung his fist, the size of a sandbag, and smashed it toward James's face!

"James's warning!!!"

At that moment, the fans in the stadium, the security guards on the sidelines, and even the commentators in the broadcast booth all screamed in terror!

The fist, as big as a clay pot, came hurtling towards them with a gust of wind.

At this critical moment!

Thanks to his extensive experience in flopping, human conditioned reflexes and subconscious "muscle memory" have manifested in LeBron James a miracle that transcends the common sense of physics!

Cousins' fist was clearly more than ten centimeters away from James's cheek! The wind from the punch didn't even touch James's eyelashes!

But in that instant, James's massive and powerful body seemed to be hit head-on by an invisible heavy truck!

"ah--!!!"

James let out a bloodcurdling scream, his neck snapped back, and his entire body fell straight backward in an exaggerated and dramatic manner!

"Bang!"

James crashed heavily onto the bench floor, then clutched his face tightly with both hands, rolling around in agony on the floor while his legs kicked wildly in the air!

This smooth and fluid "Eighteen Falls with Clothes on Clothes" routine, comparable to an Oscar-winning actor, left Cousins ​​completely dumbfounded as he threw his punch!

"Fuck?! I haven't even touched him yet!!!" Cousins ​​stared wide-eyed at James rolling on the floor, completely bewildered.

However, that's not the most ridiculous part.

James, lying on the floor, may have felt that his acting was a bit too over-the-top, or he may have wanted to see if the referee had actually called a foul on Cousins.

His large hands, which were tightly covering his face, quietly moved aside, creating a small gap.

A darting right eye peered out through the gaps between his fingers, looking rather sneaky!

Dead!

The entire Staples Center stadium fell into a deathly silence for three seconds!

Because the Clippers' home arena's ultra-high-definition central screen, tens of meters high, was replaying everything that had just happened in slow motion with incredible clarity!

No physical contact! Fell backward prematurely! An exaggerated roll!

And... that iconic "covering face and peeking" moment!!!

"Pfft... Hahahaha!!!"

It's unclear which Clippers fan in the corner couldn't hold back and burst into laughter.

Immediately afterwards, as if it were a contagious disease, all 18,000 fans in the Staples Center could no longer contain themselves and burst into a roaring, roof-lifting laugh!

"My God! What kind of divine acting is this?!"

"Air punch! He was knocked out by air!!!"

"Look at the big screen! He's covering his face and still peeking at the referee! Hahahaha! I'm dying of laughter!"

A tsunami of laughter, whistles, and boos engulfed the Clippers' bench.

Lying on the floor, James listened to the deafening laughter from the entire arena, then looked up at the high-definition close-up of himself "sneaking a glance" frozen on the central screen.

He felt an unprecedented sense of shame and humiliation rush to his head!

I've completely lost face! All the face I've built up in my life has been completely wiped out in this moment by my damned "muscle memory" of faking a fall!

To cover up the embarrassment that was impossible to resolve, James gritted his teeth, closed his eyes, and pretended to be dead when his teammates and team doctor rushed over.

"Doctor! Stretcher! Quick, get a stretcher! LeBron has lost consciousness!"

Amidst the chaos of the Clippers staff, James was lifted onto a stretcher.

Although he wasn't hurt at all, he kept his eyes closed, covered his face with a towel, and was hurriedly carried into the players' tunnel by the stretcher team.

On the field.

The referee watched the replay with a dark expression. Although James had flopped, Cousins' violent tendency to punch was undeniable.

"drop!"

The referee immediately signaled: DeMarcus Cousins, Flagrant Foul 2, ejected from the game!