LOS ANGELS – With the week and media of the Star Game to descend its 36-year-old pier, LeBron James says it’s a list for the right final while the Los Angeles Lakers meanwhile defend their title.
“Es hora”, dijo James a los periodistas en una videoconferenie de jueves antes de prima pr Practice de los Lakers desde que termin termin de descanso. “It’s time to prepare and make this change, it’s the last thing I do in the post … I’m ready to take a long walk and say, ‘It’s good, we’m quitting, we’m quitting'”.
The 18-year-old veteran took part in the last game of the Lakers antes of the descent, a derrota for 123-120 ahead of the Sacramento Kings in the second night of a second set, to descend his two-lane toch. It’s the only game James has lost this season, with 25.8 points, 8.0 rebounds and 7.8 assists to score his number in the MVP conversation.
Between losing the King and the Descent game, James had 10 free throws for the Fire Department at home against the Indiana Pacers, saving the 13 minutes played in the Estrellas game before the second half.
“Use the first team of the time as in the 1st, 2nd and 3rd rounds, and play in the second half as many as 4, 5, 6, and play, when you start the playoffs, you are in the 7th”. Dijo James. “And this is the form in which I have always adapted in the last years of my career, in reality simply submitting more, more and more to make sure that the months go by and that the games advance to the playoffs”.
Prohibition of probes, otros dos titulares de los Lakers, Anthony Davis en Marc Gasol, permanecen estancados en neutral.
The Lakers’ coach, Frank Vogel, said Davis, marginalized by tendinosis and a distension in the pantorilla derecha from February 14, will not play against the Pacers, meaning he will be reevaluated by the team’s team midnight runners.
Davis paid attention to the Lakers’ youth practice installations, but did not participate in the team practice with the team, Dijo Vogel.
The Lakers are 3-7 since Davis Salió, including the derby ante Denver on February 14 when Davis was not playing in the second half.
Gasol will lose a consecutive game devoted to the league’s health and safety protocols. Vogel says that the Lakers “really do not have a timeline” for when it will regress the Catalan.
The third year of the Kostas Antetokounmpo will also be held against the Pacers for the health and safety protocols, according to the team.
With Gasol ausente, Lakers emplearán al pivot Damian Jones, quien firm a second contract of 10 days the players. Jones has a total of 12 points, 4 rebounds and 4 blocks and 30 minutes combined in three appearances before the descanso.
“I want to see more of what he sees,” said Vogel about Jones. “Play well for us. He played the paper of an amenity. No intentions to play this car offensive”.
“Be a blocker and a rebooter and an offensive and defensive facility, be able to manage the center, be a tiros blocker, play in our pick-and-roll covers and, obviously, reboot the pelota and match the more pivots great of other teams is what the pedimos last week. Creo that the hizo well, and we will continue mirandolo during the next 10 days “.