![]() ![]() And he's doing this while being older than some coaches. It's a small sample size, but having appeared in 14 of the Lakers 15 games so far this season he's currently shooting career-bests on field goal percentage and three-point field goal percentage. The blowout earned the elder statesman some important rest after he played 40 minutes against the Rockets on Sunday. He keeps getting older, but the coaches stay the same age.Īs for LeBron's performance at this advanced age, he had 17 points, nine assists and seven rebounds in just 24 minutes against the Jazz on Tuesday as the Lakers won, 131-99. Basically, we're very close to LeBron James becoming the Basketball Wooderson. Memphis Grizzlies coach Taylor Jenkins is about two months older than James. LeBron is also older than Oklahoma City Thunder coach Mark Daigneault and Boston Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla. Former Minnesota Timberwolves head coach Ryan Saunders is about a year and a half younger than James so this actually already happened five years ago when the Timberwolves played the Lakers during the Bubble Season and twice more during the '20-'21 season. Or in 2021 when the Lakers lost in the first round of the playoffs with a limited number of fans. ![]() ![]() To make matters worse, this is not the first time that LeBron has been older than an opposing head coach. He didnt get to do that when the Lakers won the 2020 championship from inside the Orlando bubble. The moment bron realizes this is wild /YIrfvAlPBl- jeanie □□️□□️ November 22, 2023 The laughter in the background only makes it better. This was clearly not something LeBron had considered previously and you can tell by the look on his face that he was caught off guard. ![]() Still, that's exactly what one reporter did on Tuesday in Utah when he asked LeBron if it was weird being older than Jazz head coach Will Hardy. While it helps to play alongside Anthony Davis on defense, he was the primary defender on Jimmy Butler in Game 6 and it’s well-advertised that nobody on Miami really ever got comfortable.LeBron James has been in the NBA for two decades now and he's seen just about everything so it's pretty hard to surprise him. He closed out Game 6 with a casual 28 points, 14 rebounds, and 10 assists with only one turnover and 13-20 shooting from the floor. He is second all-time in playoff triple-doubles and has as many in the Finals (11) as the player who’s third on that total playoff list (Jason Kidd). If LeBron James isn’t the greatest player of all-time in your mind yet, then he’s at least at the stage where his candidacy can’t be ignored. Winning his fourth title and Finals MVP in 10 trips to the Finals in what is his age-36 season is pretty incredible. The team won its most recent NBA Finals in 2020 in the NBA Bubble, following the postponement of the 2019-20 NBA Season, led by LeBron James and Anthony Davis. All highlights are from NBA 2K20 with updated roster by shuajota. The veteran point guard took a lot of pressure off James as LAs secondary ball-handler, allowing James the freedom to play more off the ball when he was on the court. Goran Dragic played through a plantar fascia injury he sustained in Game 1 but he wasn’t able to make a legitimate impact in limited minutes, Jimmy Butler couldn’t follow-up his 47-minute-plus outing the game before and the game was out of grasp.īut without further ado, let’s get into the winners and losers of the 2020 NBA Finals. Heres another gameplay for NBAs 'Orlando Bubble Season'. Rondo played a massive role in the Lakers bubble run to the NBA title. We all could’ve done with a closer final game after the Game 5 we were treated to but nevertheless, the Los Angeles Lakers won the 2020 NBA Championship in a blowout win. A final score of 106-93 doesn’t do justice to how hot the Lakers were as they rushed to the second-largest halftime deficit in NBA Finals history, with a 28-point lead. Los Angeles Lakers LeBron James (Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports) / The winners and losers of the 2020 NBA Finals ![]()
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