Lebron James was mocked by the Chicago Bulls team for flopping to the floor after Nazr Mohammed pushed him in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference semifinals.

Bulls' coach Tom Thibodeau and guard Nate Robinson insisted that Mohammed isn't strong enough to push James 15 feet backwards, and said that because of the way James flopped on the court was the main reason why Mohammed got ejected from Friday's game.

"You see LeBron in a lot of commercials," Robinson told Yahoo! Sports. "A lot of good acting."

Coach Thibodeau chimed in and said: "From my angle, I just saw a guy flop."

After James received a hard foul while bringing the ball on the court, reports indicated that James threw Mohammed to the floor. The league's reigning MVP was given a techincal foul by officials. Seconds later, Mohammed stoop up and threw James straight to the floor.

After the game, Mohammed said that he didn't deserve to get kicked out of the game for shoving James. The center claimed that he should've gotten a technical foul, like James and was only thrown out because James overreacted and fell hard to the ground.

"I do believe it warranted a tech. We've had guys jumping on Nate's face, guys backing up Marco Belinelli out of bounds," Mohammed said. "There's been a lot of plays that didn't get ejections ... A push shouldn't get an ejection. ... It was a cheap shot throwing me down."

Bulls center Taj Gibson said that Chicago and Miami have a strong rivalry.

"We really dislike each other," Taj Gibson said. "And it shows on the court."

The Inquistr reported that even when the two teams walked out for the Game 3 opening tip, the players didn't greet each other.

"It was worse than that when LeBron got the MVP," Gibson said. "You didn't see any of us clap."

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