Things for the Los Angeles Lakers and LeBron James went from bad to worse on Monday night with the purple and gold losing at home to the Los Angeles Clippers to fall further back in the playoff race. And the loss reawakened some old demons that everybody in Laker Land had hoped were behind them.
In the final moments of the Lakers loss, a group of Lakers fans were overhear chanting ‘We want Kobe!’ during LeBron’s free-throws, according to Jovan Buha of The Athletic.
The Lakers are staring down the barrel of a brutal offseason ahead. While LeBron himself will be insulated to any real consequences this summer, he’ll once again be subject to quite a bit of fan vitriol. And this time it will be coming from the fans of the team he’s currently playing for.
