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LeBron James passed Tim Duncan, Anthony Davis: "It's very hard to stop him when he plays like that"
After playing 35 minutes and recording his 158th playoff win, the Lakers star continued to work out in the gym for long minutes, Anthony Davis: "He needs to play like that all the time." And also: Damien Lillard is not happy and why should Ray Allen start to worry?
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LeBron James played just under 35 minutes in the Los Angeles Lakers' 106: 116 over the Portland Trailblazers tonight (Saturday through Sunday), which set up a 1-2 lead for the City of Angels team in the first round of the NBA Playoffs. During those 35 minutes, he was formidable; He had 38 points on 11 of 18 from the field (4 from 8 to 3) and also 12 rebounds, 8 assists and 2 steals, but it turns out that was really not enough for him. At age 35, in his 17th season in the NBA, minutes after the game ended, King James went to the gym and worked out with weights for about 40 minutes.
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"We work wonderfully as a team," LeBron admitted. "Quite a few people asked before the season if Anthony and I would be able to work together, and I think we're answering everyone on the floor. I have to admit the atmosphere here is great, the vibes here are great and I think you can feel it."
"We are not trying to be something we are not," LeBron said at the conclusion. "When you know yourself well and confident in yourself, you can do things better on both sides of the pitch. We are focused only on ourselves and not on other teams, that for me is the key to progress and success. There is no ego in the team, each player wants the other to be happy and good."
"We need him to play that way all the time," Davis admitted. "It's very hard to stop him when he plays like that. I'm very glad LeBron and I connected, there was a click between us. We both love to have fun and make a living. We're both big kids who love to play on the Xbox."
The numbers
* LeBron and Davis became the first two Lakers players since Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal in 2002, with at least 25 points and 10 rebounds (each) in a playoff game.
* LeBron climbed to third place on the list of threes in playoff games with 375, after passing Clay Thompson. Only Ray Allen (385) and Steph Kerry (470) have more three-point shots in the playoffs.
* For the 67th time in his career, LeBron led his team in game points, rebounds and assists in the playoffs.
* It was King James' 158th win in the playoffs, making him second on the honorable mention list after Derek Fisher, who had 161 playoff wins. Tim Duncan dropped to third place with 157 wins.
On the losing side, there is a hint of discrimination on the part of the referees after the Lakers reached the line 24 times more than the Blazers. "It's not in our control," Damien Lillard said. "In the previous game they played very aggressively and thanks to that they won. This time we went into the game knowing we were going to play strong too. We may have committed an offense here and there, but the Lakers are also a very aggressive team. When a team lives on the penalty line, it will probably be very difficult to beat it That happened tonight. "
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