The Lakers won a close Game 1 vs. the Warriors. Then they got blown out.
Then came Game 3, and the Lakers won by what felt like 100 (and was actually 127-97).
It may be somewhat bizarre to everyone else, but LeBron James has seen it all before. So it appears he is cautioning his teammates not to get too high or too low. Rather, just stay grounded.
“For the young guys that haven’t been a part of the postseason or haven’t had much experience in the postseason, just stay off the TV and stay off social media,” James said, via Dave McMenamin of ESPN. “You win a game, everybody is the greatest player in the world; you lose a game, they’re throwing dirt on you.
“It’s literally that simple. It’s all about training your mind for the next challenge. And, ‘What’s the next challenge? This game is over with, we played well. OK, cool. But we got another on Monday.'”
- Guard D’Angelo Russell will be one of the Lakers’ nine potential free agents after the season, and he is keeping his options open. “I would love to stay here, but I would have loved to be in Minnesota too,” Russell said, via Sam Amick of The Athletic. “So wherever my feet are, that’s where I’m gonna be.”
- Big man Anthony Davis was again productive after struggling in Game 2, and as McMenamin noted, some fans are saying his AD nickname stands for “alternating days.” But Davis said he really didn’t do anything differently in Game 3. “I look at it as I just missed shots,” he said. “I didn’t do anything differently. I know, especially at this time of the year, I put it all on the floor and that’s all I can do.”
- In case you missed it, James again addressed the idea of playing with son Bronny James in the NBA. We have the full post here.
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