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LeBron James had the perfect response to Alperen Sengun's foul gripe originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
The Houston Rockets and Los Angeles Lakers played a physical Game 5 on Wednesday, with five technical fouls called and tensions running high from start to finish.
Inside all of that, one exchange between LeBron James and Rockets center Alperen Sengun became one of the more memorable moments of the game. After a foul was called, Sengun complained about it, calling it a soft call. James, standing right there, had something direct to say about that specific word coming from Sengun.
The exchange was captured by reporter Chancellor Johnson, and it makes more sense if one relates it to what happened in a game earlier.
James had a very clear memory of Sengun's previous use of that word
It goes back to Game 4, where Lakers center DeAndre Ayton was assessed a flagrant foul 2 after hitting Sengun on the side of the head.
After the game, Sengun described the call as "a little bit soft," per Hoops Rumors. So when Sengun walked up to a foul call in Game 5 and used the exact same word, James was not having it.
"Did you just say soft a** call? You're the only one out here who's not allowed to say that!" James, according to Chancellor Johnson, told Sengun during the game.
James finished with 25 points and still lost, as the Rockets held on for a 99-93 win to cut the series to 3-2.
Sengun may want to find new vocab before Game 6 in Houston on Friday.
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