Nov 3, 2026 4:06 PM
Updated Nov 3, 2026 4:07 PM

This actually happened.

During the Philadelphia 76ers' win against the Chicago Bulls on Monday, Cleveland Cavaliers legend LeBron James took a sip of wine. 

James crashed into a fan in the third quarter. The fan was drinking red wine and James took a sip of it. 

"I wanted to see if it was worth it on my arm, how good it was. It was all right," James said with a smile. ​

James finished with 15 points, seven rebounds and nine assists against the Bulls, helping the 76ers improve to 7-1. 

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"Listen, it's a long marathon. If you don't find ways to have fun throughout it, even though you're working, even though you're locked in, then it could wear on you," James said. "So for me, especially at this point in my career too, being able to just appreciate the moments, the small moments.

"These fans are great to us. We try to be great to them as well by playing the game the right way, playing the game hard, and then also just being a showman as well. But it was a great game for us."

LeBron is the best player in Cleveland history. He's also arguably the top player of all time.

LeBron is first in NBA history in points, field goals, games and minutes. He’s the only player to rank top five all-time in points and assists, the only player to win three Finals MVPs with three teams, the only player with 40,000 points, 10,000 rebounds and 10,000 career assists and the only player to score 50,000 points combining the regular season and playoffs.

In two stints (2003-10, 2014-18) with the Cavaliers, LeBron averaged 27.2 points, 7.3 rebounds, 7.3 assists, 1.6 steals and 0.8 blocks per game. He won two MVPs and one Finals MVP and made 10 All-Star and 10 All-NBA teams.

LeBron led the Cavaliers to the 2016 championship against the 73-9 Golden State Warriors. The 2015-16 Cleveland squad is the only team in NBA history to erase a 3-1 series deficit in the NBA Finals. 

It would have been fun to see LeBron come home again, but King James signed a two-year, $8 million deal to play with Tyrese Maxey, Jaylen Brown and Joel Embiid in Philadelphia. 

The Cavaliers were up by 29 points against the 76ers in their first game of the season. Philadelphia fans were booing James and Co. and it appeared Cleveland would begin this season 1-0. 

However, the 76ers erased the huge deficit and won by a final score of 114-106. It was an embarrassing loss for Cleveland. 

The 76ers outscored the Cavaliers 37-21 in the third quarter and 32-16 in the fourth quarter.

The Cavaliers host the 76ers on November 6. It will be interesting to see how Cleveland fans react to James' return after he didn't come home this summer. 

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