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NOW that the Los Angeles Lakers have finished firing the Portland Trail Blazers in Round One of the NBA’s (National Basketball Association) Western Playoffs, they only need to beat the winner of the Houston-Oklahoma game to accomplish half their mission of championship. .
But getting through the first round didn’t seem so easy for the Lakers, who lost 100-93 in Game 1 in a game that made no sense because of LeBron James’ apparent determination to shoot less and pass more.
In Game 1, James wanted to get his teammates more involved in scoring, transforming himself from passive scorer to team facilitator.
It was counterproductive. But of course.
So even as James became the first to hit 20+ points, 15+ rebounds, and 15+ assists in NBA history in that Game 1 loss, he was later mocked as the best stat schemer. of all times.
Obviously annoyed, James got shy in Game 2, starving to just 10 points. It was only the fourth time he made such insignificant points in a playoff game since 2014.
But when James jumped into the backseat, his teammates responded with plenty of baskets and a crippling defense against a stunned Portland, averaging 124 points per game before absorbing the 111-88 carnage from Game 2.
Rejuvenated, the old King James resurfaced, scoring three consecutive points out of 30 in the Lakers’ next three victories, the last with a 36-point first-round performance that secured the Game 5 victory.
When James wants it, his goal is almost always achieved.
As happened in Game 5, when he shot 36 points, his second-highest performance in the series after his 38 in the Lakers’ 116-108 win in Game 3, to go with his 10 rebounds and 10 assists by one factor. decisive series 131-122 featured. for James’ second triple-double in five games.
With the victory, James obtained his fourteenth consecutive success in the first round, three of them led him to be crowned in the NBA twice in Miami and once in Cleveland.
Are you on track to win your first NBA ring in the West? A little bit, I suppose, even as the Lakers continue their march to inflate the ego after being in the playoffs the last time in 2012.
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