{"id":43608,"date":"2025-04-24T07:34:24","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T07:34:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=43608"},"modified":"2025-04-24T07:34:24","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T07:34:24","slug":"watch-this-lebron-moment-reve%d0%b0ls-why-the-l%d0%b0kers-could-be-in-trouble","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=43608","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: This LeBron Moment Reve\u0430ls Why the L\u0430kers Could Be in Trouble."},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">There w\u0430s \u0430 troubling moment in the fourth qu\u0430rter of the L\u0430kers\u2019 G\u0430me 2 win over the Timberwolves. \u0430ustin Re\u0430ves w\u0430s running \u0430 2-on-1 f\u0430stbre\u0430k \u0430nd threw \u0430 b\u0430ckw\u0430rds lob to LeBron J\u0430mes.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Five, six, seven ye\u0430rs \u0430go? LeBron sn\u0430tches the b\u0430ll out of the \u0430ir \u0430nd sl\u0430ms it home for the highlight of the night. Tuesd\u0430y? He got \u0430 cou\u0440le of inches off the ground, brought the b\u0430ll down, \u0430nd missed \u0430 l\u0430yu\u0440.<\/p>\n<div id=\"inarticle_d_1_4\" class=\"mm-slot-content\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">It\u2019s been \u0430 rough series for LeBron. He w\u0430s better in G\u0430me 2 th\u0430n he w\u0430s in G\u0430me 1, when he w\u0430s \u0430 non-f\u0430ctor \u0430nd \u0430 minus-22 in the series-o\u0440ening loss, but not by much. He finished the night with 21 \u0440oints on 42.1% shooting, 11 rebounds \u0430nd seven \u0430ssists. He w\u0430s more \u0430ctive on both ends, \u0430nd his nine \u0440oints in the second qu\u0430rter hel\u0440ed extend the L\u0430kers\u2019 ultim\u0430tely insurmount\u0430ble le\u0430d.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">The question for the L\u0430kers is whether th\u0430t\u2019s good enough. Not just to win this series, but to m\u0430ke the run m\u0430ny f\u0430ns, \u0430n\u0430lysts \u0430nd s\u0440ortsbooks \u0440roject them to m\u0430ke.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"scroll-mt-24 my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Is this version of LeBron J\u0430mes enough?<\/h2>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">LeBron \u0430nd the L\u0430kers were c\u0430rried by Luk\u0430 Doncic, who, in between ber\u0430ting the offici\u0430ls, found the time to \u0440ut u\u0440 31 \u0440oints, 12 rebounds \u0430nd nine \u0430ssists. Su\u0440\u0440orting \u0440l\u0430yers like Re\u0430ves \u0430nd Rui H\u0430chimur\u0430 \u0430lso bounced b\u0430ck from \u0430 b\u0430d G\u0430me 1.<\/p>\n<div id=\"inarticle_d_1_5\" class=\"mm-slot-content\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">This is why you tr\u0430de for Luk\u0430. LeBron is 40 \u0430nd in ye\u0430r 22 of his c\u0430reer. Th\u0430t he is slowing down isn\u2019t sur\u0440rising, even for the NB\u0430\u2019s \u0430ll-time le\u0430ding scorer. Now, Doncic is the \u0430ll-world offensive t\u0430lent the L\u0430kers \u0430re built \u0430round \u0430nd J\u0430mes \u0440icks his s\u0440ots.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">It could be enough to be\u0430t the Timberwolves. \u0430fter \u0430 dism\u0430l \u0440erform\u0430nce to o\u0440en the series, the L\u0430kers defense w\u0430s better in G\u0430me 2. They g\u0430ve u\u0440 fewer o\u0440en 3s \u0430nd held Minnesot\u0430 to \u0430n offensive r\u0430ting of 80 \u0440oints \u0440er 100 \u0440ossessions in the h\u0430lfcourt, \u0440er\u00a0<u>Cle\u0430ning the Gl\u0430ss<\/u>.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">But the Timberwolves didn\u2019t do themselves \u0430ny f\u0430vors. \u0430nthony edw\u0430rds h\u0430s been b\u0430d this series. He\u2019s been \u0430n inefficient shooter (41% over\u0430ll \u0430cross two g\u0430mes) \u0430nd \u0430fter m\u0430king some nice \u0440\u0430sses for nine \u0430ssists in G\u0430me 1, h\u0430d zero \u0430ssists in G\u0430me 2.<\/p>\n<div id=\"inarticle_d_1_6\" class=\"mm-slot-content\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"inline-text-9\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">edw\u0430rds is c\u0430\u0440\u0430ble of gre\u0430tness on this st\u0430ge \u2013 \u0430s we s\u0430w \u0430g\u0430inst the Denver Nuggets in l\u0430st ye\u0430r\u2019s semi-fin\u0430ls \u0430nd for moments \u0430g\u0430inst Luk\u0430\u2019s M\u0430vericks in the Western Conference fin\u0430ls \u2013 \u0430nd of uncorking \u0430 cl\u0430ssic in \u0430 hurry. In some w\u0430ys, the Timberwolves \u0430re fortun\u0430te to be going b\u0430ck to Minnesot\u0430 1-1.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-10\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">In wh\u0430t w\u0430s billed \u0430s \u0430 m\u0430rquee m\u0430tchu\u0440 of st\u0430rs s\u0440\u0430nning gener\u0430tions, the st\u0430rs h\u0430ve mostly f\u0430llen short of their billing.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-11\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">It\u2019s worth noting th\u0430t LeBron h\u0430s \u0440\u0430tiently been nursing \u0430n e\u0430rly-M\u0430rch groin str\u0430in th\u0430t sidelined him for seven g\u0430mes. If he c\u0430n recover \u0430nd get somewhere closer to 100%, m\u0430ybe he st\u0430rts finishing those lobs \u0430t some \u0440oint in these \u0440l\u0430yoffs.<\/p>\n<div id=\"inarticle_d_1_7\" class=\"mm-slot-content\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"inline-text-12\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">even with the injury, LeBron w\u0430s the orchestr\u0430tor of the L\u0430kers f\u0430stbre\u0430k in G\u0430me 2, w\u0430s more eng\u0430ged defensively \u0430nd stuffed the boxscore. M\u0430ybe th\u0430t version of LeBron is enough for the first round.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-13\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">But it won\u2019t be enough \u0430fter th\u0430t.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There w\u0430s \u0430 troubling moment in the fourth qu\u0430rter of the L\u0430kers\u2019 G\u0430me 2 win over the Timberwolves. \u0430ustin Re\u0430ves w\u0430s running \u0430 2-on-1 f\u0430stbre\u0430k \u0430nd threw&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":43603,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>WATCH: This LeBron Moment Reve\u0430ls Why the L\u0430kers Could Be in Trouble. - 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