New York Knicks big man Enes Kanter got into a brief staredown with LeBron James during the first quarter of the Cavs and Knicks contest at Madison Square Garden. James initially got into with rookie Frank Ntilikina before Kanter stepped up for his teammate. The Knicks took over the game following that mix up between Kanter and LeBron, however, the Cavs mounted a comeback to defeat the Knicks 104-101. But after the game, reporters were more concerned about the dust-up with James when they spoke with Kanter. The Knicks big-man is known to be quite outspoken if you recall his exchanges with former OKC teammate Kevin Durant, he was very much the same about his confrontation with LeBron.
He's a rookie. You call yourself 'King' or whatever. But you can't just mess with a rookie like that. If you're going to mess with [someone], go mess with the grown men. I'll die for my teammates. Whatever happens, I got my teammates' back because I see this team, this organization, like my family. Nobody is going to mess with it. [...] I don't care who you are. What do you call yourself, 'King,' 'Queen,' 'Princess,' whatever you are. We're going to fight. Nobody out there is going to punk us. We went out there and played our game. We're going to go out there and get better every day.
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