Chapter 486: Durant Doesn't Want to Be Durant Anymore (Combined)

The boos at the Staples Center were deafening, with Los Angeles's dissatisfaction toward Ron Artest quickly escalating over a short period.

Some were also blaming Phil Jackson, believing that Jackson's decision to keep Artest on the floor at the crucial moment had doomed the Lakers.

"Luckily, it's just a regular season game. If this had happened in the finals, what a disaster would that have been?" Joe Lago, a renowned writer from Los Angeles, wrote on Twitter.

The disaster caused by Artest made James's triple-double and Kobe's 36 points, 5 rebounds, and 4 assists ultimately serve as merely a backdrop to Fei's 45 points, 14 rebounds, and 13 assists—the major triple-double.

Moreover, for James's camp, what was even more unacceptable was that James's losing streak to Fei had continued from Cleveland to Los Angeles.

Tonight marked the twenty-ninth time James had lost to Fei in six years.