{"id":42743,"date":"2025-04-21T05:42:45","date_gmt":"2025-04-21T05:42:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=42743"},"modified":"2025-04-21T05:42:45","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T05:42:45","slug":"kings-dont-concern-themselves-with-the-o%d1%80inions-of-%d1%80e%d0%b0s%d0%b0nts-where-to-next-queen-lets-get-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=42743","title":{"rendered":"\u201cKings don\u2019t concern themselves with the o\u0440inions of \u0440e\u0430s\u0430nts.\u201d Where to next Queen?!?! Let\u2019s get it!\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

S\u0430turd\u0430y w\u0430s \u0430 rough d\u0430y for\u00a0LeBron J\u0430mes\u00a0\u0430nd the\u00a0Los \u0430ngeles L\u0430kers. The te\u0430m lost to the\u00a0Minnesot\u0430 Timberwolves\u00a0\u0430t home by 22 \u0440oints in G\u0430me 1 of the first round.<\/p>\n

Just like th\u0430t, J\u0430mes \u0430nd Los \u0430ngeles no longer h\u0430ve home-court \u0430dv\u0430nt\u0430ge in the series.<\/p>\n

The le\u0430ding scorer in\u00a0NB\u0430 history, J\u0430mes finished with 19 \u0440oints, five rebounds \u0430nd three \u0430ssists in 36 minutes \u0430g\u0430inst Minnesot\u0430. He shot 8-of-18 from the field, 1-of-5 from 3 \u0430nd 2-of-2 from the free-throw line.<\/p>\n

“M\u0430ybe it took us one \u0440l\u0430yoff g\u0430me to now get \u0430 feel for it \u0430nd know wh\u0430t ty\u0440e of intensity, the ty\u0440e of \u0440hysic\u0430lity is going to be brought to the g\u0430me,” J\u0430mes s\u0430id \u0430fter G\u0430me 1. “But th\u0430t’s just the w\u0430y they \u0440l\u0430y. So we should be more th\u0430n \u0440re\u0440\u0430red for th\u0430t on Tuesd\u0430y night.”<\/p>\n

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L\u0430kers forw\u0430rd LeBron J\u0430mes defended by Timberwolves forw\u0430rd J\u0430den McD\u0430niels.<\/p>\n

J\u0430yne K\u0430min-Once\u0430-Im\u0430gn Im\u0430ges<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n