Any significant injury to James would deep-six the Lakers’ season, but they have little hope of winning without maximizing his contributions while Anthony Davis is out.
despite coming into the fourth quarter with an 18-point advantage, it’s easy to see the dilemma. James needs to be on the court for the Lakers to win. He played every minute of the fourth quarter against the Hornets.
“A night like tonight, a night like last game where he’s just got it going not just from a scoring perspective but a play-making perspective, the way he’s rebounding, the way he’s defending, I just want to ride him,” Ham said. “And he allows you to do that because he takes such great care of himself.”
James gave some insight into how much his process to prepare has changed in his 20-year career. When he was a teenager, he said, he could simply go out on the court without so much as a stretch. Now, his pregame routine with trainer Mike Mancias is the stuff of legend, with treatment, weights and core work, and more recently a pregame on-court shooting routine that takes place about an hour for tip-off .
Ham has shown a propensity for riding his veterans deep into games. After a close overtime loss in Philadelphia, Ham said film study of the game showed him the importance of allowing certain lineups to keep playing out longer stretches. But that has also led to decisions that can be second-guessed,
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