Lakers/Nuggets Postgame, J.Worthy, Bron, AD, Rui, Reaves, Coach Ham Reactions | March 2, 2024

Lakers/Nuggets Postgame, J.Worthy, Bron, AD, Rui, Reaves, Coach Ham Reactions | March 2, 2024

Another loss to the Nuggets that’s eight in a row going back to last year uh and I know this might sound crazy but but it seems like the same game at least as of late every single time they play Lakers play great they beat the Nuggets in almost every single category literally

Every single offensive category less turnovers more points in the paint more fast break points more threes better field goal percentage more assists rebounding they lost that battle but down the stretch the Champs the execution the last four minutes of the game James it’s like a master class in

Execution I don’t think they missed a shot and they went on a 19-6 run 108 105 Lakers yeah a little more than four minutes left 19 to six run they didn’t miss a shot it’s very upsetting and frustrating when you play well enough to win um and the Lakers didn’t play well

Enough to win but when you play well enough to put yourself Within Reach of of winning a game and then within minutes the superiority Rises to the top and that’s what Deon nuggets are without without Carwell Pope tonight um you know they are well groomed still so they

Understand portions of the game when they have to execute when they have to secure a victory and that’s what they did Murray joic down the stretch Porter I know you’re going to talk about him later I he I’ve never seen him miss a shot he just drives me nuts this kid

Drives me crazy uh to know that every time he attempts a shot it’s going in and so uh they just are an exceptional team uh they’re Champions and hats off to the Lakers they played well but just didn’t have enough I have something funny to say but I’m let you go first

And bring it back to the game Michael Porter yeah I mean Porter is averaging like 16 points against everyone else and almost 10 more a game against the Lakers um disappoined for a couple reasons no doubt about it Lakers starting a very important seven game stretch against the

Top of the top uh in the west plus the Milwaukee Bucks too and uh they could have had this one they could have been 1 and0 on this really important two weeks here and and like you said a Caron copy of when they played a little over three

Weeks ago before the All-Star break in that game Denver went on a 10 run late game was tied with two minutes left and and tonight like you said a plus 13 run in the final few minutes remember when the Lakers got swept by by Denver in the west finals and Rob plinka said

Afterwards he said you know what they’re continuity is amazing the as the Lakers are going to the free agency Rob said I want to match that continuity I want to find that continuity and Rob made a lot of good moves brought a lot of the guys

Back from from the team that made that amazing playoff run but yes Denver has that continuity that they’ve been together for years y so tonight is sadly no huge surprise um I want to talk about Michael Porter Jr because in the pregame show big game said it’s like he never

Misses a shot against us J myself literally big game I think he had the greatest shooting night in the history of the NBA when it comes to at least 10 attempts he’s the first guy to ever shoot 100% from the field with at least five threes he’s a big reason why they

Who they are you talk about the continuity you talk about the growth the times they’ve been together uh along with Gordon and Murray and the rest of the squad they are you know what the NBA looks at as the Prototype winning team they just know how to win and they don’t

Panic they don’t pain it down the stretch the Lakers gave him all they all they could give him it was a close game right there and you would think on the road that they might you know the crowd might get to him or Le he could no they

Just you know steady run their play and yis just takes advantage of the situations and uh he always finds the open guy or he gets a very easy shot himself he’s a people mover he just moves people out of the way before you know it he’s got a shot every time he

Plays Lakers he has a fallway bank from like 25 that’s pretty standard too for yic bre I know you want to get on Porter 8 for n in the last 4 minutes and 30 seconds for the Denver Nuggets eight for nine too many weapons and you know everyone thought okay Jamal Murray he

Might not play he left the Nuggets last game early with a sprained ankle he was questionable coming into today what did he do had a great game almost matched the numbers he had a month ago and you see the stats for for I guess that is their big three and the Laker defense

They’ve been bottom five for uh over for a month now in so many important categories and look what they have on the sidelines still Jared Vanderbilt they’re they’re shutdown Wing player uh Gabe Vincent was supposed to be their point of attack stopper at the guard position he’s played only five games

Good to see him shooting before the game today we’ll see what that translates to but Laker defense really in a rut right now uh joic 25 shot attempts made 16 he was 35 10 and seven and the nuggets are plus 18 in the second half they made those

Adjustments they came out they were ready to go in that third quarter tied it and then took over down the stretch big game but Y is just yeah from the beginning going to win his third MVP but but you yeah exactly from the beginning you could tell that the Lakers didn’t

Have a matchup yeah they’re a well Grom team they’re two-time Champion um I mean I mean a two-time MVP joic he is an amazing intelligent player and if if if you can’t execute down the stretch if you can’t defend you know properly and if you if you can’t eliminate second

Shots and disrupt their offense they’re they’re they’re they’re they’re going to find a way to beat you they got a lot of weapons the hilarity of the early part of the Season joic had a couple weird games nine points maybe six points in another game Denver slow out of out of

The blocks hangover for the defending champs and there were like eight different people you heard oh he’s going to win the MVP no he’s going to win it embiid was a front runner for a while obviously he got hurt uh which is unfortunate for him sheay Gil just

Alexander G having a wonderful year for OKC he was kind of a front runner there for a minute and then you know the cream just kind of Rises to the top the nuggets have turned it around not that they started out poorly but they were you know they were only a handful of

Games over 500 for the first month or so and now all of a sudden you know it’s getting the the cries are getting louder joic is probably going to be the guy again and uh you know it’s tough to argue when you see a game like tonight uh outstanding just about every facet

Eighth time in a row going back to last season uh the greatness of the nuggets uh overshadowing Lebron James’s 40,000 points that he got talk about that later in the show uh let’s hear from Darin ham he’s speaking with Mike TR the media rebounding tonight I think it was 47 to

31 uh obviously they shot you know what was it 58% something like that but what do you see from a rebounding standpoint with how big they are and how tough is it to match up there you just got to get bodies they they’re not only big they’re active like they’re energetic on the

Glass and so uh it’s not just a matter of just putting a body up against them you got to hit them and move them and other guys got to participate and so uh lost a couple of crucial um opportunities to get hold them to one possession and again they capitalize off

Of things like that so the biggest thing for us is to go back look at it on film got a big week coming up and uh it is what it is you know we got to learn from this and just move on govern wouldn’t uh

You guys were up by one with two and a half to go they went on that N9 nothing run is the rebounding your biggest concern from what you guys did not so much what they did it’s the rebounding and you know we had some good looks that

Didn’t quite go down um just mishandled the ball a few times um but yeah the rebounding thing we we’ve got to clean that up you know we got to be a better defensive rebounding team for sure uh cuz we do we we have great defensive possessions and

We just got to finish the defense I thought we were good tonight transition for the most part um good in the half court you know obviously they hit some tough shots but Jamal and and and niik out here they’re they’re tough shot makers and so when

You do force them into a Miss Michael Porter Jr was on fire tonight uh he didn’t miss a shot which is man unbelievable like they make you pay and so when you are fortunate enough to get a stop or force a miss you got to collect a rebound and just a quick

Followup I know the win was the most important thing but from a basketball standpoint as a basketball man what was your feeling seeing that in the second quarter when LeBron went to 40,000 in his career just happy for him man it was a hell of an accomplishment uh wish we

Could have got the win to cap it off uh that didn’t happen but um you know my hats off to him amazing amazing run that continues to this day uh and you know everyone in our program everyone within our organization uh is extremely excited and happy for him Coach we all know that

You disappointed in any loss but does this one sting or bother you just a little bit more um I mean it just it’s not because of who we’re playing against obviously you want to give you know you want to beat the defending Champions but we want

To win any game we need to as many wins as possible uh at this point in time in the season but um you know just things that we need to get better at that that that wear their ugly head and and tonight you know some unfortunate uh um

Defensive rebounds they got away from us I thought for the most part we played a you know about a good a first half you can play against this team um second half we came out again had some slippage in the third quarter but you know they

Had guys that got it going and different guys in different segments of the game um you know just Michael Porter shot the leather off the ball um then jic you know his timely buckets some of his passes he was able to make um Gordon playing behind the defense he throws in

A huge three for them uh and then Jamal Murray you know it’s um they’re tough team but uh it’s there things we definitely got to get better at Darin uh ruy had 23 Austin had 19 and 14 what what did you see from those two guys stepping up ruy obviously taking on

The the yic uh Challenge and then Austin defending Jamal at times and guys just being aggressive uh trying to you know help their team win U taking advantage of the different opportunities reading the defense and again being aggressive ruy was huge for us tonight um throughout the game on both

Sides of the ball uh Austin the same and so um the one of the biggest things I thought we got better at tonight though was taking care of the ball only seven turnovers seven points that’s that’s a huge positive for us uh we just again we need to get clean up our defensive

Rebounding pregame you mentioned that the last time you guys matched up they had 55 points off combined off of transition Fast Break um tonight I think it was in the low 30s does it make it even more frustrating a loss like this when you you know reduce it

Significantly but they still come out you know and they win the way that they do yeah they found a way um again just you know thought we came out a little flat in the third communicating trying to communicate all night to figure out some of the acents they were running

Uh it’s uh that number dwindled from what it was the last time out we played these guys but again just we miss some good looks didn’t go down for us uh some untimely untimely turnovers but again we’ll look at it and and learn our lesson and try to be better for

It Darvin joic gives everybody in trouble he’s the MVP and defending Champion but but you guys have and Anthony Davis one of the best defenders in the league um what is it I I guess it’s probably more a yic question but like the fact that he’s still able to

Get to what he wants to do what he has to do um do you feel like you’ve kind of exhausted all these options at him and what’s there left to throw at him should you guys meet him down the road just got to fight as much as you can as hard as

You can um and hope he miss hope that he misses and so uh it you know we threw ruy at him I thought ruy did a good job early on the first half tried to put ad more in a free safety position on Gordon just him being would have help and you

Know Braun other guys did a great job behind ad shifting cracking back on Aaron Gordon and then you know times we’re playing good defense Michael Porter catches fire you know they got so many different weapons on there that can hurt you um it’s just you you they make

You play a full possession throughout the clock of defense and again once that shot goes up then the battle really really starts so you know it’s you just got to keep throwing stuff at them and you know obviously won’t see him again this season but you know it’s it’s a

Good game to learn from and you know at some point we’ll we we’ll overcome what we’re going through with this team thanks coach you order off good Austin you guys had a lead uh pretty late in the fourth quarter same thing in that game in February what was

Most H what was happening the most down the stretch in those two games and and how do you guys kind of handle that from a frustration standpoint um yeah I think you even if you go back to last year in the playoffs um I would other than game one maybe

Um I think we you know had leads late in games third quarter fourth quarter and it gets down to the last you know 3 four five minutes and uh it’s a team that really executes and you know that going into the game so you have to be

Really sharp with what you do on both ends of the court and um yeah but ever since you know the playoffs last year they’ve uh for the most part beat us in those last four to five minutes and we have to figure out what we have to do to you know flip that

Um and make those you know our last three to four minutes it’s kind of obvious considering his credentials two-time MVP Finals MVP coming off the championship but just how did joic take over tonight’s game from you know kind of Midway through the third uh through the

End uh same way he takes over every game um you know you go into every game uh I would assume playing them whoever you are you go in you know obviously wanted to make it tough for him but at the end of the day you know you’re not going to speed him

Up it’s hard to block his shot um he’s going to get to his spots he’s super strong uh you know hell of a passer and uh you like I said you try to make it tough for him but you know you kind of expect these things going into the games

From him and and um you know we like I said we got to figure out what we can do to you know slow him down enough to you know win these games you mentioned the um you know feeling kind of like similar games to the playoffs and stuff in earlier this year where

You’re in good position late and they just kind of take over does it feel like a big hill to climb still against them based in part because what you said like part of it is stopping that guy does it like to get over this hump I guess like

How big of a climb is it yeah I mean I think um I don’t know how many games that they’ve won against us in a row now uh so yeah that to beat them you have to be really really good in the fourth quarter and obviously uh Jamal and and joic are you

Know um you know mainly what they run doing the the fourth quarter obviously you know tonight uh mpj going to for him from the you know field with 25 points uh you know they have um a beautiful system around those two guys and so yeah it’s it’s tough to you know beat them

But you know at the end of the day nobody’s going to feel sorry for us we got to figure out you know what we got to do to tighten up pregame Darin mentioned transition uh fast break points allowed Second Chance points um and another category you know

A to focus on you guys improved in all those categories but by a significant margin but but still had the loss some that does that make it more frustrating that you guys have made progress from maybe the previous match up but they still are able to do what they do the

Way they did that they did uh anytime you lose you’re you know frustrated um regardless if you know you go play a really good game uh you know wins and losses are all that matters in this game and if you lose everybody should be mad if you win

Everybody should be happy so um regardless of what we do on the court if we Lose yeah we should be pissed off Austin because it’s 8 in a row dating back to last year what do you look at in this this final two minutes of you guys are up one they go n nothing what do you learn in that stretch that you can apply

To the rest of the season because you’re not going to see this team in the regular season the rest of the way yeah that uh a game can be W won or lost in the last two to three minutes of the game obviously uh you know like I

Just said while ago that that’s where they’ve gotten us um you know for the most part um in those last eight you know wins against us so I think we can take from that that if we can go do that to teams um you know we’ll be successful

Um you know for the rest of the season last question hi Austin um you’re still very young and you saw LeBron James um playing in the league as a kid and now being a part of it seeing him scoring 40,000 points um what was going through

Your head being a part of that and you know seeing him as a kid and now standing with him on the court yeah I mean I I know for me you I hav’t completely soaked in you know really just the opportunity of you know being around him every day playing along

Beside him every day um you know I kind of live in the moment and you know later in life we’ll probably look back and you know cherish all these memories of moments um you know more so then than now uh just cuz um you know like I said

I’m living in the moment but just to be a part of it uh being you know the presence of greatness uh every single day you know everything that you know shines Under The Lights um for the last 21 years you know starts you know when nobody’s looking and he’s the first one

To the gym he’s always getting treatment um so just being able to you know play alongside him you know pick his brain on you know the game Life um it’s special and you know there’s nobody um you know worthy of that enough than him uh yeah I mean it’s just it’s greatness

Right in front of all of our eyes thanks yeah ruy the scoring was really there for you guys for much of the night U including yourself had 23 where does this team have to get to just to get enough stops against Denver uh and particularly on the rebounding uh

Situation um I think the last two minutes of the game you know I think uh we always there but you know just those last two 20 minutes it always they you know we let them you know score defense everything whatever they want to do um and this happened again you know

Tonight and then we we tried a lot of different you know defense on them but you know it’s just a you know they’re they’re a really good team you know they everybody can score they they play for each other you know they always look for

It of course the Y she always you know looking for his teammates and all that so but yeah we we were right there we right there but just those two three last two minutes you know that was a that was a game for sure is it just it’s a frustration

Building against the snugget team that’s eight straight losses for you guys against them and you know obviously you guys have aspirations of making a postseason run like has has these losses created any sense of Doubt of what could happen if you guys met again in the postseason I

Mean not already you know we we still you know we still missing a couple guys you know and we always you know um would actually we still trying to figure it out you know our team and they their team is like they already stay you know they’ve been playing for six seven years

You know together and they finally got it last year you know so it takes time you know it takes time and I know we don’t have much time but we just got to keep building the chemistry we still have a 20 some 20 games or something

Left and you know the guys the injury guys going to come back and yeah we just got to you know figure it out you know we got to figure it out it’s nobody going to help us nobody going to fix for us we just got to figure it out

And um hope we got to make to play off first and yeah I think we’re going to we’re going to meet them again so we just got to be ready for That For Ruy uh you mentioned you you guys are still trying to figure things out and obviously their group has been together for the most part since last year uh but your starting group started against them last year in the Conference Finals and and has some continuity together did you

Feel like with at least that unit you guys made some progress in terms of like how you started and in the first and in third quarters yeah I mean like you guys know that you know we I know we had the same guys the whole season but we didn’t

Really play together until last last month you know so we still building the chemistry uh we had a lot of injuries in the beginning of the season like you know uh changing the styling lineup and all that so we we still build in the chemistry I think I like I like this

Lineup and we still keep doing that and yeah everybody like everybody you know we we just we in a good Rhythm you know I think that’s the best best thing we can do for now and that those the injury guys coming back and then yeah that’s

Why I say like we still figuring out but yeah it’s just the we got to keep the chemistry we got to build it and just be ready for the post post postseason yeah cool thanks r Yeah Anthony Denver’s clearly proven to be a difficult matchup going back to the Western Conference finals last year you know these two home games you guys have been right there and they’ve taken it late what do you take away as you enter now this you know next stretch of games

Of from the matchup versus Denver and and what about it do you think is something you guys can you know move on from and and assign it to this specific matchup um well first we got to got to move over from we play every other night so uh you

Know getting ready for a high OKC team um you know sack Milwaukee and all these guys but um the game for them is always one of the last two three minutes of the of the game uh you know same action and um they put us in limbo a lot of times

With our helps um you know we had some unfortunate plays you know Braun gets stripped I gets stripped uh you know Aaron Gordon gets the rebound long rebound turn around three um Austin shots to help um and Justin Holiday Hits a three um so it’s

Like some tough plays for us but uh the last couple minutes you know they get to their uh fourth quarter package and um you know we’re either overh helping or uh not helping enough and uh you know like this team is the one who always make us pay off our

Mistakes ad uh you mentioned the fourth quarter package last time I think you called it the the Pia actions uh Darin talked pregame about how you guys went over all that and tried kind of you know preparing for it um where do you feel like the the breakdowns I mean is it you

Mentioned overh helping like kind of knowing it’s coming you guys are prepped for it but but it still happens I guess how do you kind of assess that well I think tonight uh you know cam was in action uh Austin and ruy and they were going to like a

Double screen um and cam was just so far behind you know because the guyss was screening um you know R was trying to help you know get stay attached to yic and you know I’m the help guy and so when I see you know Jamal Murray comes off and he’s you know

Open obvious he’s a hell of a basketball player so you don’t want to give him any looks um cuz those are two guys who they look for you know him first and then joic and um and vice versa so um try to help you know then they hit yic you know

Then joic was hitting Aaron Gordon you know on the dunk or uh he’s hitting you know their Shooters on the weak side so um you know just something that you know we got to you know really go into depth about you know we’re going to see this

Team again and you know it’s not going to be the last time that they get to that package so um know we got to look at the film and see you know what happened um and kind of just dissect it and try to get prepared for the next time we see

Him ad you just mentioned you guys won’t be able to see uh Denver again at least for rest of the regular season I guess how can you take away the lessons from this game and apply it to you know the next 20 or 20 21 games um that you guys

Have left um I mean teams are watching film um which I’m pretty sure they are uh you know you’re going to try to you know exploit the same thing um you know I think you know just got to lock in defensively and try to figure out ways that we can be better

Um you know on both ends on the floor honestly you not just the defensive but offensively getting into you know a package where we can execute um you know the pick and roll AR and and Braun we’ve been getting to lately or or if it’s DLo

And and Braun cuz a lot of teams you know don’t want to the big guys don’t want to leave my body so now they walk to the rim for layups especially in the fourth quarter so um but on the defensive end uh like I said we we got

To look at it um and and try to figure out you know ways that we can be better ad um LeBron’s at 40,000 points do you think the person or you know is there a person that can pass that have we seen that person and you know do they

Exist or would it would it be someone in the future or will that never happen that can pass 40,000 or get to 40,000 um you think about it got to be a young guy me you would think possibly Steph where he shoots the ball but it’s not uh and

It’s just tough because he’s not finished playing so it’s only going to increase and you know that Gap is only going to get bigger and bigger so um you know I was just telling him in the locker room like one he might have to stop breaking records cuz we always lose

On anytime he break a record um man he said the same thing but then too uh anytime he plays it’s well I guess this one was more of a milestone than a record um but anytime he plays like it’s going to be a new Milestone every time so

Um I don’t think uh nobody I mean and he went to eight straight finals you know which else you play longer long in the postseason you know you’re going to keep scoring and then for him being a number option on his teams uh you know he’s able to do to score but

Um as of right now I don’t I don’t see anybody uh you know breaking his record ad um does it feel like you guys are getting closer to getting over the hump with Denver or because the script has played out similarly as it did in the Western Conference Finals does it

Kind of feel like you guys are still trying to answer the same kinds of questions in the last few minutes of the game um in a sense uh they do the same thing and they beat us with it every time so uh you know yes we’re getting closer as

Far as of you know the first you know I guess 42 minutes you know um or you could say even 44 minutes right and then you know that last 4 minutes is just them get to what they get to and you know they make us pay on our mistakes

Like I said um you know granted you know they made tough shots um but they get to it every time and uh you know what coming but they’re a great execution team and uh you know if you make one mistake with Jamal Murray scoring and passing the ability and

Saying with yic and then you have Shooters around um you know Aaron Gordon on the on the glass ducking in the smalls if I go help you know which they get to a lot with the lob and then behind that you putting a shooter in that corner so like pick your poison and

Uh they do a great job of making reads last question ad um can you share some thoughts that you had when you saw LeBron James scoring those 40,000 points yeah I mean um I mean we knew he was going to going to get it uh I

Thought that he missed the free throw on purpose so he can get exactly 40,000 um but then he shot a three but it looked like he didn’t want to shoot it you know so he kind of hesitated um but I mean to to be able to score you

Know 40,000 you know I looked up and just thought like that’s a lot of buckets like 40,000 points and I laughs with uh fando AR I’m like I’m trying to get to 20,000 you know he’s at 40 like double that so um man you look at a lot

Of great players that have played this game and no one is even close 40 you know um so I mean obviously it’s a great moment obviously it’ be better if we able to get the win um which sucks kind of I want to say ruin a moment but put a

Little Cloud over it and uh you know but it’s definitely a great accomplishment you know for a guy like that who guys say that who is in the score you know we able to get 40,000 the first to ever do it in history and uh it’s looking like

No one’s ever going to be able to even get close to it so um you know as a friend as a brother teammate you know I’m definitely you know happy for him and uh just excited to be able to to witness that l Than LeBron I guess this would fit into the keeping the main thing the main thing but ad said that you were joking about you having to stop breaking setting Milestones breaking records because they keep coming in losses does is that always kind of going through

Your mind is that you hit one but it’s not the main thing you’re trying to do that night well I mean obviously um I’m never thinking about a milestone when I’m out there battling and um but when it happens obviously we acknowledge it and uh you know obviously um you know

Much respect and much loyalty to the Laker fan base for showing me that love during the timeout and um you know being the first player to do something is is pretty cool in this league because you just know the history you know the great that’s come through the leads and then

You see some of the greats on the floor tonight it was just great to compete versus that so um but for me the main thing is always the main thing in us to win and I hate it that you know had to happen in a in a in a defeat especially

Versus a team that you know plays extremely well basketball and we play some good basketball tonight but W able to close it out so um Bittersweet you know but um very I enjoy it every moment tonight though while on the floor yeah LeBron because of what you

Were just talking about are you more angry or frustrated at the results this evening um I mean obviously a little bit of both I mean um you know but I’ve calmed down obviously since the game ended um had an opportunity to just relax in in my locker and a shower you

Know recalibrate whatever the case may be um you know I just want to be just want to be better you know I just want to figure out a way how I how we can be better versus this team um they have our number um you know we haven’t beat them

In quite a while and uh and it’s always kind of the fourth quarter either the last 6 minutes or the last few minutes of the game where they make plays we don’t make plays and um you know that could be frustrating and and um and his own

Right you guys were up 110 108 with about 4 minutes left and then Denver took over from there a pregame Darin mentioned you know their fourth quarter late game packages ad talked about before just what makes it so challenging to find answers to their offense late

Even after seeing it as many times you guys have um cuz they have five threats on the floor at one time and their biggest threat can do everything that’s and Joker that’s what makes it very challenging LeBron um before the game Michael Malone was talking about you and

And was talking about making other players around him great um or your ability to do that and segue into talking about jokic’s ability to do that um it felt like you guys did a pretty good job on him in the first half but you look at the stats plus 16 I think

Almost another triple double um is there an answer for for him um have you seen one or or no there is no I guess how many other guys in the league are there that are unanswerable in that way um Joel Joker um Luca Giannis Steph Katie I just to name a few hi

LeBron congrats on 40K um the Lakers hosted a girl dad night tonight and so I was wondering out of all the moments in your career is there any that’s been the most special because you got to spend it with your daughter uh I mean it’s definitely special when I looked up

There in the stands and seen her sitting up there and uh you know uh when the 40,000 point mark hit um definitely looked up there at my wife and looked at my daughter and my mom and my daughter was just clapping and you know like

Pumping her arms up in the up in the air so that was a super cool moment blew her kiss she blew one back to me so um that’s super cool for sure uh you know she’s the best um definitely a girl dad and uh you know happy she’s a she’s

A part of the family she runs she runs everything so uh was Z say’s goals in our in our household for sure BR do you think there’s any other current player that’s going to retire having hit the 40K Mark and uh if not do you think it will ever be done again um

I have no idea um obviously you have to um you have to play the game quite a while and and and have um you know some good luck as far as injuries and things of that nature you have to take care of your body you have to be

Present on the floor um and then you have to be productive as well um obviously we have a lot of great guys in our league that can score the ball and and you know if they were to stay healthy and they were play a long time

Um then they can Eclipse it um but you know you can’t account for what could possibly happen so I can’t sit here and say um you know who who who would it be in our league today and then records always meant to be broken um you know is

You can never say never of any record um you you know at one point we said that you know big old’s uh triple double record would never be broken and Russ did it and now looks like you know Joker and Luca they’re doing it every night um

You know just certain things that you just you just don’t you don’t you don’t think that’s going to happen but um you know I guess for years people said Kareem’s record wouldn’t be broken and I I was able to Eclipse it but I um you

Know you have to like I said you have to have some really good luck you have to you know play the game at a high level for a long time and um and um but we see LeBron um I know you guys are still navigating injuries and and different

Lineup and rotational stuff but this starting lineup played against the nuggets in the Conference Finals started against them for a couple games do you feel like you you’ve sent some progress with at least that unit in terms of just having reps against them and and continuing to kind of grow on both ends

Yeah I think our star lineup has been done we playing some good basketball and obviously we want to get our full lineup it’s not about just our starting lineup it’s about everybody that that comes in the game and getting everybody back in Rhythm uh you know you know again Spence

Um acclimated to what we doing get him in a rhythm um obviously it’s only a couple games since cam been back so trying to get him back into a rhythm and know so and the rest of the guys you know so um you know we still missing obviously some key guys especially you

Know V and seawood you know and um you know so you know Gabe obviously has not played um you know since early in the season so we hope to get him back soon and see see what we could be you know what could possibly be done but um you

Know it’s not just about the star lineup obviously we we Harvest a lot of big minutes tonight um but we play well while always on the floor together and just want to try to continue to compliment one another last three Crystal Melissa Tim hi LeBron comrats on

4 K uh despite the loss tonight you scored half of your points 13 of the 26 in the fourth quarter as of late what is working for you offensively so well late in games um I mean I love the fourth quarter that’s always been like my favorite part of the game obviously

Especially when it comes down to crunch time and trying to make plays you know you know had a couple opportunities even I know to make even more plays but um wasn’t able to capitalize on it but um you know you know the start of the third

I mean it start of or fourth quarter is a I believe 8989 and you know I’m checking back in I you know I love that moment I love you know it just goes on to the last 12 minutes who can make some most plays see if I can Implement my um

You know my imprint on the game for the last 12 minutes um like I said I was able to make a couple plays or you said you know and I was able to make a couple plays but um obviously not enough for for us to be Victorious and which is most

Important hey braon um when you became the all-time leading scorer you almost seem surprised by how much it hit you in that moment has it hit you just how much sustained Excellence it takes to reach 40,000 um no it has not um don’t know

When it will or if it will will ever um cuz I just I just always just like just I just play the game and I’ll just approach the game every day I come come to work I prepare I prep um mentally physically spiritually every single

Night when it’s time for me to play and uh I just try to go out and contribute and I’ve been able to do it for you know 21 plus years or 20 plus years including this year and I just you know if I’m on the floor and I feel you know pretty

Good I feel like I can make plays I can make plays to help us win I feel like I’m um you know still a sell a threat out on the floor and um you know and still able to um do the things that I

That I was doing 10 years ago or I mean some of the things I was doing 20 years ago you know which is weird to say but um you know just I just thing I just put you know a lot a lot of things that don’t you know that’s not shown you know

Uh behind closed doors and you know when the cameras are not rolling which is very rare with me the cameras are always kind of following me so um but um I’m just always just you know keeping the main thing the main thing and that’s you know protecting my body uh protecting my

Mind and then going out and just pouring it all out on the floor for my teammates for myself um you know just and see what happens with the results question hey LeBron there’s a commercial in which you talk to your younger self in reality what would you tell 18-year-old LeBron about the

Journey to becoming an Olympic gold medalist a fortime champion and now scoring 40,000 points um I wouldn’t tell him anything honestly because 18-year-old LeBron had a great head on his shoulders he just did I I just he just he was put in a position where I I

Wouldn’t wish too many 18yearold kids be put into um but he um he just had his head his head in the in in the best possible position he was raised the right way by his mother he was raised the right way by his little league coaches um he was held accountable by his

Friends um he met a young lady um in high school that held him down um as well and um and then he just told himself if you want to make a a real name for yourself and in your last last name and your family and your friends and your city

Um the only way it’s going to happen if you just stay focused and maintain focused and put in the work Um besides my family and my friends and my city and then some people in my city as well cuz we even we even know some of them people to be quite honest with you everybody wanted to see me fail when I got to the league everybody was just

Like it’s not it’s no way he’s going to be able to exceed you know the expectations that’s put upon him there’s no way I seen for the first time in a long time I seen a um commercial that was played before my first game and when I rewatched it today

For the first time I was like I think they was mentioning like all the great that ever played a b the game of basketball I think it was like Big O and Michael and Kareem and Kobe and I forgot who all else was in that commercial

Whatever the case may be could be wrong about some of the names that I mentioned but it was and then it was like and the next one LeBron James and I’m and I didn’t even see that commercial when it happening but I was like watching the T I was like what the

Hell like that expectation on an 18-year-old kid like that was that was insane to just think about it and I was watching it today I was like I I wish that on no kid in no sport to have to have this type of pressure put on them and everybody wanted to see

You fail so um I wouldn’t tell that 18-y old kid nothing I would tell him just to do exactly what you’re thinking no matter what just stay true to yourself believe in yourself and uh don’t ever get too high um you get too high they’re going to try to knock you

Off um but at the same time if you if you fall just like the great uh later Leah said just pick yourself up and try again and uh I’ve done that in my career appreciate it

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