On March 20, Beijing time, the Lakers officially confirmed that LeBron James will play in today's game against the Wizards. This is a surprise to most, after all, James played 44 minutes in yesterday's game, and today is back-to-back second. For James with an injury, it should not be surprising to take a break, in addition, the Next opponent of the Lakers is the Cavaliers, James is only 20 points away from surpassing Carl Malone, rising to the second highest scorer in history, and going to Cleveland to make history is obviously a better choice. Still, James decided to play back-to-back games.
As early as yesterday, the Lakers reporter predicted that he would rest in the battle against the Wizards. Perkins also wrote on social media: "If I were LeBron, I wouldn't be in tonight's game, and then make history in Cleveland on Tuesday (Beijing time)!" Don't mind if I say that. ”
James is 37 years old after all, and the Lakers need to pay close attention to his health problems. Against the Raptors, James played well, contributing 36 points, 9 rebounds, 7 assists and 2 blocks, and many US media lamented James's dominance.
Interestingly, just today, James retweeted a social media outlet from ESPN that showed James's early face in 2K compared to 2K22's face. One also has obvious squares, like a mosaic version of James; the other is already very close to a real person, from the beard to the sweat is extremely realistic. The caption reads: "LeBron has ruled the League for such a long time! James himself forwarded this social media with 11 smiling and crying expressions!
U.S. media also reported that during the Pacers' tenure as an executive, celebrity Larry Bird refused to trade any of James' teammates. He said at the time that "these guys who play with James look a lot better than what they really are." In other words, Bird believes that James has improved the performance of his teammates, and in exchange for such teammates, he may not be able to achieve the expected results.
Subsequently, a media poll on James's impact on teammates found that 84.9% of fans chose James to make their teammates look better, while 15.1% chose James to make their teammates look worse.