During an Instagram Live, former Phoenix Suns guard Archie Goodwin recounted the time his then-teammate Dionte Christmas trash-talked LeBron James and the consequences But it cost the Suns.
Goodwin did not reveal the identities of his teammates, but Dionte Christmas, who played in Phoenix during the 2013-14 season, later tweeted a video of Goodwin’s story (explicit language warning) , and wrote on X; “That teammate was me, and I almost lost my job that day.”
In November 2013, the Suns traveled to Miami to face the Heat. With 6 minutes and 47 seconds left in the third quarter, the two sides were tied at 62, and Miami ultimately won 107-92.
In the second half, James caught a pass on the right wing near the Suns bench, and as P.J. Tucker competed for MVP, Christmas on the bench chirped to James.
“‘Yo, this is how we live (expletive),'” Christmas said, according to Goodwin. “‘Shooted (expletive) (expletive). This is how we live.'”
James then passed the ball over and turned to Christmas to ask what he said. A Phoenix assistant coach then looked at Christmas and told him not to disturb James.
“So, my assistant coach was saying (expletive) on (Christmas), ‘Don’t (expletive) wake the bear,'” Goodwin said. “He didn’t do anything the whole game. It was the third quarter, so he’s been lukewarm. We were only down four or five. He only had six points. No (expletive), he only had six points. “He ended up with 38 points ended the game. He finished the game with 38 points. … He went crazy and we ended up losing by 20 points. “
James had already scored more than 6 points at that time (James scored 7 points in the first quarter), and in the end he actually scored 35 points.
But James scored 23 points on 6 of 7 shooting in the second half. Channing Frye, who played for the Suns from 2009-14, later confirmed the story was true.
In 31 games with the Suns, Christmas averaged 6.4 minutes, 2.3 points and 1.2 rebounds.
Goodwin played for the Suns from 2013-16. In 150 games with the Suns, Goodwin averaged 14.5 minutes, 6.2 points and 2.0 rebounds.
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