The Suns beat the Lakers on Monday night, 125-108, to snap Los Angeles\u2019s seven-game win streak. It was a pretty impressive win from Phoenix. Superstar Devin Booker was forced to exit in the first quarter with a groin injury but his teammates proved ready to pick up the slack, led by the one and only Dillon Brooks. <\/p>\n
The NBA\u2019s most famous villain dropped 33 points on 15-of-26 shooting to lead the shorthanded Suns past the star-studded Lakers. Unsurprisingly, he let all the Lakers know about it, trash-talking throughout the contest; at one point he even taunted LeBron James with his signature shoulder-shrugging celebration.<\/a> It wasn\u2019t all smooth for Brooks, though, and one turnover near the end of the game resulted in a funny gesture from James. <\/p>\n With Los Angeles down by 18 and a few minutes remaining in the game coach JJ Redick emptied the bench, which meant Bronny James got some playing time. The Suns\u2019 starters were still on the court, however, including Brooks. With about three minutes left Brooks found himself one-on-one with the younger James and tried to back him down. But the second-year shooting guard forced a shot clock violation on Brooks and Phoenix turned the ball over. <\/p>\n The cameras panned to LeBron on the sideline, who roasted Brooks with a thumbs down gesture for failing to score on his son. <\/p>\n Bron gave Dillon Brooks the thumbs down after not scoring on Bronny \ud83d\ude05\ud83d\udc4e pic.twitter.com\/x45QSpzDtn<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) December 2, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n Simple, yet effective. James usually doesn\u2019t engage with Brooks\u2019s antics too much but clearly he fell victim to the temptation this time. <\/p>\n The night ultimately belonged to Brooks, though. LeBron only managed 10 points on 3-of-10 shooting and Bronny finished with zero points in his six minutes on the court. Most importantly the Suns earned a win to continue their surprisingly successful season and the Lakers must regroup. <\/p>\n Phoenix next plays on Friday against the Rockets, while Los Angeles suits up against the Raptors on Thursday. <\/p>\n As he is wont to do, Brooks was happy to continue the trash talk after the final whistle. <\/p>\n Speaking to reporters about his big night, the Suns wing was asked if James was \u201coffended\u201d by the chatter during the game. Brooks said the star is \u201calways\u201d offended and explained why. <\/p>\n \u201cAlways, always,\u201d he said. \u201cHe likes people who bow down. I don\u2019t bow down. It either entices him or aggravates him, either-or.”<\/p>\n Suns\u2019 Dillon Brooks on if LeBron James took offense to his trash talk: \u201cAlways, always. He likes people who bow down. I don\u2019t bow down.\u201d pic.twitter.com\/AEKH97rBkY<\/a><\/p>\n