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NBA playoffs: Dillon Brooks' trash talk backfired vs. Lakers, and now the Grizzlies face huge hurdle

LOS ANGELES — If poking living legends is going to be Dillon Brooks’ game plan, it would be wise to hang around for an entire game instead of actually poking living legends.

The Crypto.com Arena crowd was on Brooks from the moment he got off the team bus, booing and chanting. He didn’t stick around for the duration of the Lakers111-101 Game 3 win Saturday night, courtesy of an ejection in the first 15 seconds of the second half when he punched LeBron James in the groin.