Ok, this might be the best image, like of all time.
Meme upside is just ridiculous.
It's the perfect rug-pull for the kind of overly-serious sports talk that goes on in the media and among fans. That it's Lebron and Mario Hezonja is just... perfect.
Thanks to Associated Press’s Seth Wenig on such a great photo.
Yes, the scene that took place in no other arena but MSG looks almost like it has been staged. In the front, we see LeBron, a champ, an MVP, and a winner of the gene pool. He is in the focus, resting his head on his knee after a tough loss. In the background, we see a blurry image of Mario Hezonja, a draft bust and a future journeyman pointing finger at LeBron and laughing joyously, while holding the game ball he just took away from him. What makes the image more interesting, is that we can observe the "unscharf" faces in the crowd, it feels like all of them are absolutely focused on LeBron, encaptured by his moment of failure.
In arts, an eternal motive of shame is often described by a character covering their face and genital area. Their most vulnerable and revealing parts.
Here is one such example:
"Shame" by Antun Augustinčić
Another side of the story is Dubrovnik's own wild-child Mario Hezonja, who, as far as I know him, thinks he is the best player in the world aside from maybe 3-4 guys. Don't listen to his post game comments, he said it right but he doesn't mean it. After blocking Lebron, he latently stared him down to make sure LeBron understands his dominance. He did a similar thing to Giannis by stepping over him. That is so pathetic that it is also endlessly amusing at the same time.