[Aravantinos] Lance Stephenson on blowing in LeBron's ear: “I didn’t have it prepared. It was all in the flow of the game. Sometimes you do whatever it takes to win the game… I didn’t think it was going to be captured. They caught that right in the act of it. That was crazy.”

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The LeBron moment. Blowing in his ear during a game. Take me back. How did it all happen?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GCOrYM01pw%5D

LS: I didn’t have it prepared. It was all in the flow of the game. Being out there, competing. Everybody in the league is competitive, and wants that one thing; to win the game. Sometimes you do whatever it takes to win the game. That guy is a tough guy to guard, so you got to bring your all, and that’s what I did.

Did you expect it to become that viral all around the world?

LS: I didn’t expect it to be shown. I didn’t think it was going to be captured. They caught that right in the act of it. That was crazy.

Talk a little bit about your battles with LeBron. What was it like guarding him, and being that physical with him?

LS: A lot of guys are scared of him. They don’t want to play him too hard, it’s like they don’t want to really compete with him. So, I always took it as a test, ‘Let me see what he can really do, is he really that good?’ You know how sometimes you see somebody and you’re like, ‘Man, if I put pressure on him, what is he going to do, if I push him what is he going to do?’ I was testing him and seeing how hard he can compete. If he would bow out or bow down. And guys like that, with that type of talent, never bow down. It was a learning experience, playing and competing against the best.

Years later you became teammates with the Lakers. Would you ever thought that from blowing in his ear in the ECF, you would be teammates in LA?

LS: No, I didn’t think that will happen. It was a great experience learning from all the veterans that were on that team. I feel like we had a lot of guys that helped me out and led me to the game that I know now.

Did you ever talk about the blowing in his ear moment with LeBron?

LS: No, we never talked about it.