NBA Players Face Their Twitter Haters on 'Jimmy Kimmel'

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Neha Prakash
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NBA Players Face Their Twitter Haters on 'Jimmy Kimmel'
Jeremy Lin #17 of the New York Knicks looks on against the Toronto Raptors at Madison Square Garden on March 20, 2012. Credit: Chris Chambers/Getty Images

Jimmy Kimmel continued his tradition of poking fun at celebrities on Sunday with his late-night segment "Mean Tweets." In honor of the NBA Finals, Kimmel asked basketball players like Jeremey Lin and Kris Humphries to face their Twitter hecklers head-on.

"If anything ever happens to the guy that does the voice for Cookie Monster, I can sleep at night knowing we have Dikembe Mutumbo as backup," Twitter user @watchj wrote.

Chins up, fellows. There are no winners or losers on this court -- just losers.

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