Stephen A. APOLOGIZES to LeBron James ‘He was SENSATIONAL!’ in win over Clippers | First Take

Stephen A. APOLOGIZES to LeBron James ‘He was SENSATIONAL!’ in win over Clippers | First Take

Do you owee LeBron an apology what yeah I do Wendy I I don’t do this often Wy you know what I’m saying I really I really really don’t but I owe LeBron James an apology I just do I I just do and before I go

Into the detail as to why that is I would just like to play sound for me the other today when I was in Los Angeles with that damn Mr sh Shay himself Shannon sh go I’m just watching he’s Bor in the plane right now so he can’t watch

It he he’ll watch it when he gets on the play but damn it I I I owe LeBron James an apology because look at what I said the other day to Shannon shop we own the Clippers we running LA are you ready for this Clippers going to

Bust their ass tomorrow night you know what I’m just saying tomorrow night I’m not talking about that later on because the Lakers already beat him but tomorrow night Clippers going to get at him it’s true I said it now in my defense I thought Paul George would be

Playing Paul George not being out there I mean had something to do but on this particular morning LeBron James was Sensational man I I mean to watch him Wy in that fourth qu to watch to watch him drilling those threes to know he’s in his 21st season he’s 39 years of age you

Know I’m MJ all day every day I mean but to see this brother do what he did last night and the clipers certainly help turning over the damn ball James Harden turn everybody listen there’s no Kawai leard I mean where was he I mean he’s supposed to be the Kryptonite to the

Greatness and the Superman tendency SE of LeBron James and that certainly was not the case last night but it didn’t matter who you put in front of LeBron when it counted most he was absolutely spectacular I think he assist scored or assisted on 11 of the Lakers 13 baskets

In the final period outscored the Clippers by himself 19-6 in the fourth quarter of course we know they overcame a 21 Point deficit um and eight points per game on 52% shooting in the fourth quarter this season only Giannis is better and this is 21st year at age 39 years of age I

Ain’t going to go far you know how I feel about MJ you know how I feel about that era compared to this era etc etc but there is no getting around the greatness of LeBron James on this particular morning I have to stand down and I have to say on National Television

Because even though I was talking about the Lakers I wasn’t talking about him his greatness was so Sublime so spectacular I have to sit up there and pay homage and give major major your props to the one and only LeBron James I apologize for being talk about the lers

Going to get ass kick I apologize LeBron James I apologize cuz Lord have mercy he was something special last night he was Stephen A I could close my eyes and see instead of there being D’Angelo Russell or torian Prince out there I could see Sasha pavlovich JR Smith Shane Bader

Iman Shumpert Daniel Marshall he’s been doing this type of thing now this was an extreme example he’s been doing this type of thing literally for decades literally for decades he could have had this game of 2005 2009 2013 2018 he had those games in fact you mentioned that

He outscored the Clippers by himself in the fourth quarter it’s the 16th time in his career he’s outscored the opposition in the fourth quarter 16th time in the last 25 years only one closer to that only one close to that is Kobe who did it seven times and there’s been a whole

Bunch of other games where he’s LED fourth quarter comebacks like this where he didn’t outscore the opposition but came pretty close to it this is a classic LeBron James hot three-point shooting game spread pick and roll this is what literally a dozen coaches now have done when they are in trouble in

The fourth quarter with LeBron they run spread pick and roll move out the shooters and just pray that he gets hot he attacks the teams in the pick and roll and that’s what happened here he is having the best three-point shooting season of his career which is amazing at

Age 39 he’s up over 41% now so it is a little bit more of a risky thing for the opposition to do but this is an indication of why the Lakers are still dangerous they are they are you know a an old dog you better leave them alone

Because you know the western conference is going to be so matchup dependent I good luck everybody who wants to get their brackets together when the Western Conference comes out and makes your picks because it’s going to depend on the matchups the Lakers last year got favorable matchups Stephen A when they

Got the Warriors and they got uh and they got gold they got Golden State and they got Memphis two teams that couldn’t handle their their size they are three and one against the Clippers this year now great I I I still think there was a

It was a little bit of a flukish nature to last night because LeBron got hot but it’s flukish in that LeBron does this several times a year um they’re two- one against the Thunder the Thunder have with size if the Lakers can get into the playoffs there is a series of events of

Matchups where they could be dangerous you feel like last night’s collapse is a reason to be concerned for the Clippers yes I do only from the standpoint of their inability to protect the basketball being turn overp prone and not having an answer for the onslaught that the Lakers threw at them these are

The kind of things that cost you championships these are the kind of things when do you know this they actually happened in the postseason you know teams are going to make their runs we get all of that but you got a 21-point lead on the Lakers and I know

They were making shots but what’s your excuse for turning the ball over one play after another after another and looking so incredibly sloppy that’s a different animal alog together if it’s a tight spot but you just can’t stop somebody because they’re making shots then we get all of that we understand

That and we and we accept it for what it is that’s not what this was about with the law Angeles Clippers it was about an inability for you to protect the basketball and be cohesive in the past we looked at them Wendy and what did we

Say well they don’t really have a point guard well that’s not the case now they do and still you fell apart and that is what I’m talking about I’m not talking about LeBron James making his shots that’s a different animal that can happen against any defense but what’s

Your excuse to have a 21o lead and literally you can’t hold on to the basketball it was one turnover after another after another they looked sloppy they looked Shook and to have that in your last in your last home game in that Arena against the Lakers Squad that had

Already beaten you twice this year I find very very alarming again I don’t believe that would have happened if Paul George was on the basketball court with the rest of the crew because I think that he along with power would have found a way to stop the bleeding but it

Did alarm me that W lard was nowhere to be found in terms of providing an answer that worried me and I said wait a minute something is wrong with this picture right here that’s exactly the point that I took away from this I the reason I’m so optimistic about the Clippers this

Year is because of how great Kawai has been he has been vintage Kawai for most of this year he was nowhere to be found when it came playmaking time last night and there was one game in February but that’s a big factor and by the way we’re talking about all these threes LeBron

Made LeBron was busting it on on the defensive event last night too including guarding Kawai on the last possession I don’t know what he’s going to have left in the tank for the Wizards tonight I kind of think they probably well you don’t need anything in the tank for the

Wizards he can throw he can throw me and you out there to beat the wizard they got to get ready for Saturday night you guys got the nuggets on ABC that’s the big one we go Courtside by the way Courtside we’ll be Courtside we won’t

Even be in studio we’ll be on the court off NBA countown so you’re trying to say that it counts yes when the Nuggets face the Lakers no it counts cuz I’m in the building yeah that’s what I mean you know I don’t I don’t I don’t I don’t

Suffer don’t s you’re going back to LA I’m not I’m not going to watch somebody that that plays like me I need I need people that are better you see I’m saying that’s why I’m going to that game you’re going back to LA

On First Take, Stephen A. Smith and Brian Windhorst join Molly Qerim to discuss the Los Angeles Lakers’ impressive comeback victory over the Los Angeles Clippers erasing a 21-point deficit in the fourth quarter and Stephen A. has a message for LeBron James.

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