LeBron James helped himself to a fan's red wine during the Philadelphia 76ers' 126-107 win over the Chicago Bulls. In the third quarter, with the Sixers 11 points up, James chased a loose ball out of bounds and crashed into Troy Clemons, a long-time Sixers season-ticket holder who was holding a cup of red wine. The NBA great, known for drinking a glass of wine a day, took a sip from the cup and was all smiles about it after the game. "I wanted to see if it was worth it on my arm, how good it was. It was all right," James said. Clemons was just as relaxed about the episode. "I'm just glad for him to be here. I'm not worried about the wine getting on me," he told ESPN.
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The wine was only part of the entertainment. James danced with Tyrese Maxey and finished with 15 points, seven rebounds and nine assists as the Sixers improved to 7-1 on the season. "Listen, it's a long marathon," James said afterwards. "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. 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." It was not the first such moment of James' career. In Game 1 of the 2017 Eastern Conference semi-finals, he took a bottle of beer from a vendor and pretended to drink from it.
