NBA news: LeBron James criticises HIMSELF after doing THIS vs Hawks

James missed two free-throws late against the Hawks (Image: GETTY)

The Lakers were down by one point with less than a minute left in the game.

James drew a foul and had two free-throw opportunities.

He missed both, before claiming a rebound and leaping up for a storming dunk to tip the scoreline in the Lakers’ favour.

After the game, James admitted that he was struggling form the free-throw line, but backed himself to come good.

“Yeah, I’m garbage,” he said.

“I suck from the free-throw line right now.

“I’ll get the rhythm back though.

“I want to thank Kuz [Kyle Kuzma] for giving me another opportunity, giving us another opportunity.”

James subsequently scored a dunk to tip the scoreline in the Lakers' favour (Image: GETTY)

After James’ dunk, it seemed that the Lakers could slip to another defeat as the Hawks drove down the court.

However, new signing Tyson Chandler was on hand to provide a vital game-winning block in the final play of the game to seal the win.

Pandemonium ensued from the Lakers bench, with James declaring how proud he was of the centre.

“It was just off the reaction of Tyson,” he said of the celebrations.

James ran straight to Chandler to celebrate the win (Image: GETTY)

“For him to be playing winning basketball again, there was a lot of emotion there.

“To get a game-winning block, you don’t get that a lot in the league.

“You get game-winning shots, or game-winninng assists, but not game-winning blocks.

“So for him to get that, timed it perfectly, we were all excited about that.”

LEBRON JAMES has openly criticised himself after missing two late free-throws whilst his Los Angeles Lakers side were losing against the Atlanta Hawks.