NBA Fans Were Baffled When Skip Bayless Praised LeBron James And Called Him 'Clutch' Following Lakers-Rockets Video Game 2

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Is Skip Bayless turning into a fan of LeBron James after years of publicly hating on him?

On Sunday LeBron had a big fourth quarter that included this dagger jump shot that helped the Lakers put the Rockets away in game 2 of their playoff series.

LeBron … dagger.

Lakers even the series at 1-1

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— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) September 7, 2020

LeBron’s fourth-quarter performance impressed Bayless, who has always been overly critical of the Lakers superstar throughout his career.

LeBron set a strong early tone in the 4th quarter, and the Lakers stepped it up on defense, but the truth is, the Rockets just started missing open threes. Lakers should thank their lucky stars for Russell Westbrick.

— Skip Bayless (@RealSkipBayless) September 7, 2020

LeBron owed his team after he scored zero in the 4th quarter of Game 1.

— Skip Bayless (@RealSkipBayless) September 7, 2020

LeBron, CLUTCH.

— Skip Bayless (@RealSkipBayless) September 7, 2020

NBA fans were confused at seeing Skip finally giving LeBron a little bit of praise.

Ayo who hacked Skip???? pic.twitter.com/IoMpZJl27V

— Rosa Parks’ Burner Account (@Rosasburner) September 7, 2020

They done hack skip twitter lol https://t.co/uGdLWzKFny

— Bubby TANGO!!! (@LilFucknShaw) September 7, 2020

It took you a while but you’re finally getting it right. #respect https://t.co/uEOrK9jYcV

— Jonathan Carranza (@Big_cheese23) September 7, 2020

I had to double check to see if this was a parody account lol https://t.co/La8sPDIaBq

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John Hill

(@Jay23Hill) September 7, 2020

No way https://t.co/bNPi0Hs9u3

— Murali Jetti (@trvsJetti) September 7, 2020

Is the world ending???? https://t.co/YYSrFNgqS8

— Treb





(@Treb__) September 7, 2020

Who's controlling @RealSkipBayless Twitter. He didn't say this. https://t.co/YBA9fQislG

— O (@Th3BigOz) September 7, 2020

Skip is letting us know he’s been kidnapped, find Skip https://t.co/SUAqNEycFI

— Jason Kirk, This American Life's cornhole expert (@thejasonkirk) September 7, 2020

Skip said lebron was clutch??? This is how you know 2020 a wild ass year https://t.co/ZiT8rYRkcb

— Kelechi (@Uncle_Kele) September 7, 2020

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