LeBron James is hosting a lake show in Los Angeles, noting that the Lakers star was forced to veto head coach Darvin Ham’s game plan earlier this season.
“In the game against the Clippers, the game against Kawhi had switching built in. [Leonard] And against James [Harden] And no matter what happens, I vetoed the second half,” James said on his new podcast, Mind the Game, with co-star JJ Reddick.
“Because I know [Clippers coach Tyronn Lue] More than any other player I’ve ever had at T-Lue,” James continued. “We also know that he plays target ball. To get back into the game, we got to the point where we didn’t want to turn someone into Kawhi, we’d better get ready for the Wizards.” , he exercised his veto.”
The game James is referring to is the 21-point upset that led the Lakers to a key victory over the Clippers on Feb. 28.
James and the Lakers defeated the Clippers 39-16 in the fourth quarter.
Defensively, James stripped Leonard in a key moment with four minutes left, allowing the Lakers to tie the game on the other side of the floor.
In the final sequence of the game, James matched up with Leonard on defense, and Leonard attempted to tie the score with a fadeaway jump shot along the baseline.
James then threw the ball up the court and Cam Reddish made the game-clinching layup, giving the Lakers a 116-112 victory.
Ham didn’t comment on James, saying he vetoed the Lakers’ game plan in this impressive win.
However, it would not be surprising to hear that James may have exaggerated this story.
James is notorious for making meme-worthy predictions after the fact. Kobe Bryant once claimed to have said he would score 81 points. January 22, 2006, the night he dropped 81 against Jalen Rose and the Raptors.
Los Angeles is the ninth seed with a record of 40 wins and 32 losses, two games behind the Suns and Kings, making the schedule hopeful for a spot in the seventh vs. eighth spot, with the top seeded Nuggets. It also gives you a chance to avoid it. first round.
