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During the third quarter of Memphis' Game 2 win over the LA, the two exchanged words following back-to-back buckets from James. Brooks then stared down James after making a 3-pointer in the fourth quarter that stretched the lead back to double figures.

If that wasn't enough, Brooks didn't hold back when asked about their back-and-forth postgame.

"I don't care. He's old," Brooks said. "You know what I mean? I was waiting for that. I was expecting him to do that Game 4, Game 5. He wanted to say something when I got my fourth foul. He should have been saying that earlier on. But I poke bears. I don't respect no one until they come and give me 40."

Oh, and there's more.

"He's not at the same level that he was when he was on Cleveland winning championships, Miami," Brooks continued. "I wish I got to see that. It would have been a harder task, but I'm playing with what I've got."

James got a bit of revenge on Saturday night as the Lakers secured a 111-101 victory to take a 2-1 series lead. The beef took another turn when Brooks was ejected early in the second half after receiving a Flagrant 2 foul for hitting James in the groin. James finished the game with 25 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists. 

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We looked at the on-court history between James and Brooks heading into the series. Has Brooks been as effective as he makes it sound?

LeBron James vs. Dillon Brooks stats

Here's what James is averaging against the Grizzlies through three games of the first-round series:

• 36.3 minutes per game
• 24.7 points per game
• 10.7 rebounds per game
• 4.3 assists per game
• 1.7 blocks per game
• 1.5 steals per game
• 3.0 turnovers per game
• 50.7 percent field goal shooting
• 16.7 percent 3-point shooting
• 65.5 percent free throw shooting

According to the matchup data, James did most of his damage in the first two games of the series with Brooks as his primary defender.

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Dillon Brooks says LeBron James 'can't' take him one-on-one

Coincidentally, Haaland’s 3,029 minutes played across the Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League heading into the April 26 Arsenal game is the exact same amount Aguero managed over the course of City’s domestic treble season. 
 

Aguero's numbers are seriously impressive, the work of an unquestionably elite marksman. His greater involvement in terms of assists, chances created and, yes, touches also points towards greater assimilation towards Guardiola's methods.

There are a couple more interesting things Brooks said about James postgame.

The first: “I just let him know that you can’t take me one-on-one. You haven’t. You go look at the film. He doesn’t really take me one on one until that moment. Then when he got subbed out he was tired. So I did my job.”

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By my count, James has scored nine baskets with Brooks as his primary defender through two games, not 11.

En la final, sin embargo, este método de desempate ya no aplicará. Si al término del segundo partido de la final, el marcador global está igualado, habrá dos tiempos extra de 15 minutos y, de persistir la igualdad, penales.

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