The Atlanta Hawks have yet to find an answer to stop LeBron James. DeMarre Carroll can’t guard him. Kent Bazemore certainly can’t guard him. No one can contain LeBron when he’s in attack mode, particularly when Kyrie Irving isn’t playing and putting the team on his back is the only option.
Clearly frustrated, the Hawks channeled their inner Detroit Piston Bad Boys. Big man Pero Antic decided the best defense against The Chosen One was shoving him to the floor. Somehow, Reggie Miller thought it wasn’t a flagrant foul.
The whole taking-out-the-best-player-in-mid-air approach only made ‘Bron more angry.