Right at your fingertips. (1:17)LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- A few uneasy days off the court for As much as Los Angeles' postseason hopes might have seemed in jeopardy after dropping Game 1 to Portland -- at that time the hottest team in the bubble, boasting the seeding round MVP, While the Lakers reportedly voted against continuing the season at a contentious meeting involving all 13 teams remaining in the bubble later Wednesday night, James explained his reasoning after the win over the Blazers. That’s the number of points the Lakers put up in Game 1.
Box Score - Los Angeles Lakers (104) vs. Milwaukee Bucks (111) - December 19, 2019 I don’t compare us to anyone.
Tweet . Only 93 points!! AP Lakers forward LeBron James has been around too long to get too worked up about one loss.
Let’s start with 93. "Those thoughts will surely persist but won't cause James to bail on what he refers to as the NBA's "mission" of trying to promote social programs to enhance racial equality in the United States.The Lakers might have made history with their first-round win Saturday -- securing their first series win as an organization since 2012, and their first without Kobe Bryant on the team since 1995 -- but James said he hopes what the league went through this week will signify historic change on a grander scale than just through the lens of sports. All teams have shown room for improvement in the bubble, and the Lakers … It's as simple as that.
Antetokounmpo, the reigning MVP, said the Bucks Series tied 1-1. Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo had 28 points and 20 rebounds. "Only time will tell, but hopefully the past couple days is a change for the greater good of the future," he said. Los Angeles Lakers. "But the Lakers were also caught off guard by the Bucks' decision. "Following a call with former President Barack Obama on Wednesday night, in which Obama urged James and a small group of players to continue the season, but only after securing a commitment to influence social change from the league's owners, James approached Thursday looking for a path back to playing.James said the group call he joined with the league owners involved direct dialogue about what could be done. The Lakers held a spur-of-the-moment team meeting and agreed to not play their game, just like the Oklahoma City Thunder and Houston Rockets would not play their game in solidarity with the Bucks. "James, who is now 14-0 in the first round of the playoffs, said he never considered ending that streak by leaving the bubble because of the circumstances surrounding Blake -- as he said after Game 4, "I got half of my brain locked in on the playoffs and the other half locked in on how the hell I can help Black people become greater in America" -- but the isolated grind of the league's satellite campus has gotten to him. Share. Reblog.
"All you can do is give me ... your word and I'm going to hold that with the utmost respect," James said. I think everyone has," he said. Game 3, noon CT, FOX Sports Wisconsin. Unique perspectives on the daily sports topics that matter most. Milwaukee bounced back from its opening loss to Orlando by rolling past the Magic 111-96 on Thursday. LeBron James says he was comfortable to return to play after NBA owners agreed to use team arenas as polling sites for the November election.
"I've had numerous nights and days when I've thought about leaving the bubble. And if they don't, then we won't play again.
“I know how we’re built. "After the meetings, we're very confident that they will [hold up their commitment]. Jul 27, 2020 at … Kyle Kuzma bucks Lakers’ cold shooting trend in the bubble Third-year forward says he's come into the restart with a defense-first mindset and the scoring has followed "That's where my mind went to. I'm not, me personally, I'm not that type of guy. Stats Perform News.
Share. Many members of the Lakers were taking their pregame nap for what was originally scheduled to be Game 5 against Portland on Wednesday when Milwaukee decided it wasn't going to take the court for its game against the The Lakers held a spur-of-the-moment team meeting and agreed to not play their game, just like the "From that point on, my mind began to figure out what is the plan going forward, and if we don't have a plan, then what are we talking about, why are we still here?" The Lakers could pull ahead of the Portland Trail Blazers on Saturday and the Bucks could take the lead on the pesky Orlando Magic. August 19, 2020.
"We all stood with them. "I'm not here to judge or categorize what Milwaukee did," he said after putting up 36 points on 14-for-19 shooting, 10 rebounds and 10 assists in Game 5 -- marking the second time in his career where he averaged a triple-double for an entire playoff series. Lillard dislocated the index finger on his left hand on Thursday. I don’t view it as an underdog matchup. That was the key moment when it happened.