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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
Again -- the entire game really came down to that 4 minute stretch at the end of the 3rd and James was absolutely central to that meltdown.
I'm not asking him to 'shoulder the blame' -- Luka and Rui carry plenty of it. They didn't play well either.
But that doesn't absolve James of any either.
When you come off the ASB and you're fighting for a chance at a 2 seed that would be HUGE in advancing to the WCF, you just cannot lose to the damn Hornets. And when you're the leader of the squad, you have to wear it when that happens.
Because it ain't Reaves and Luca's been there for like 3 weeks. This is James team for the duration of this season and yeah, he has to eat some shit for games like last night.
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The "meltdown" was triggered because Austin Reaves decided he no longer wanted to play basketball yesterday and got himself ejected for no real reason. They win the game if he remains on the floor pretty clearly.
Blame LeBron (who, again, was the only Laker to show up even at all in the game) all you want but that won't change that fact.