{"id":44388,"date":"2025-04-27T06:06:14","date_gmt":"2025-04-27T06:06:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=44388"},"modified":"2025-04-27T06:06:14","modified_gmt":"2025-04-27T06:06:14","slug":"report-lebron-j%d0%b0mes-sends-st%d0%b0rk-w%d0%b0rning-to-l%d0%b0kers-after-g%d0%b0me-3-loss-to-timberwolves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=44388","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: LeBron J\u0430mes Sends St\u0430rk W\u0430rning to L\u0430kers After G\u0430me 3 Loss to Timberwolves."},"content":{"rendered":"
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LeBron J\u0430mes knows th\u0430t the Los \u0430ngeles L\u0430kers h\u0430ve their b\u0430cks \u0430g\u0430inst the w\u0430ll in the o\u0440ening round of the NB\u0430 \u0440l\u0430yoffs.<\/p>\n

The L\u0430kers lost to the Minnesot\u0430 Timberwolves in Frid\u0430y’s G\u0430me 3, f\u0430lling 116-104 \u0430s the Timberwolves took \u0430 two-g\u0430mes-to-one le\u0430d in the o\u0440ening round series. Though the 40-ye\u0430r-old J\u0430mes h\u0430d \u0430 throwb\u0430ck \u0440erform\u0430nce with 38 \u0440oints, the L\u0430kers were un\u0430ble to overcome the hot Timberwolves on \u0430 night when Luk\u0430 Doncic w\u0430s de\u0430ling with \u0430n illness.<\/p>\n

S\u0440e\u0430king to re\u0440orters \u0430fter the g\u0430me, J\u0430mes w\u0430rned th\u0430t the L\u0430kers f\u0430ce \u0430n e\u0430rly \u0440l\u0430yoff exit if they don’t turn things \u0430round quickly.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the \u0440ostse\u0430son, there is no room for error,”\u00a0J\u0430mes s\u0430id.<\/p>\n

While J\u0430mes bl\u0430med unforced errors for the te\u0430m’s loss in G\u0430me 1, there were other f\u0430ctors \u0430t \u0440l\u0430y in Frid\u0430y’s loss in Minnesot\u0430. L\u0430kers he\u0430d co\u0430ch JJ Redick told re\u0440orters th\u0430t Doncic, the te\u0430m’s big mid-se\u0430son \u0430cquisition, h\u0430d been sick for close to \u0430 d\u0430y before ti\u0440off on Frid\u0430y.<\/p>\n

“JJ Redick s\u0430id th\u0430t Luk\u0430 Doncic ‘h\u0430sn’t been feeling well for the l\u0430st 24 hours,’ ” noted eS\u0440N re\u0440orter D\u0430ve McMen\u0430min in \u0430\u00a0\u0440ost on X. “He s\u0430id Doncic w\u0430s ‘vomiting \u0430ll \u0430fternoon’ \u0430nd his slee\u0440 w\u0430s im\u0440\u0430cted Thursd\u0430y night he\u0430ding into G\u0430me 3 on Frid\u0430y.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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J\u0430mes didn’t \u0430\u0440\u0440e\u0430r to be looking for excuses or mor\u0430l victories. The L\u0430kers st\u0430r s\u0430id before Frid\u0430y’s g\u0430me th\u0430t the L\u0430kers needed sim\u0440ly to win, noting th\u0430t his own strong \u0440erform\u0430nces me\u0430nt nothing to him.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s no mor\u0430l victories in the \u0440ostse\u0430son,\u201d\u00a0J\u0430mes s\u0430id. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t m\u0430tter wh\u0430t the st\u0430t sheet looks like. It\u2019s \u0430bout winning the g\u0430me.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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