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You know it: The Lakers are in the final again, LeBron James made sure of that
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Basketball superstar LeBron James and his Los Angeles Lakers are in the finals of the North American professional league NBA.
The 35-year-old led his team with 38 points, 16 rebounds, ten assists and thus a triple double with double digits against the Denver Nuggets to the 117: 107 success.
James scored 16 of these 38 points in the fourth quarter alone after things got tight for the Lakers after half-time.
Overall, the Lakers defeated the Nuggets in the Western Conference 4: 1 in the best-of-seven series.
"We're enjoying it today," James then told TNT TV.
But the team has a more important mission ahead of them.
"My shoulders are wide enough to carry a lot."
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Before this game too, coaches and players get on their knees in protest against racism and police violence in the USA.
Players also wore T-shirts that said "Vote".
The US presidential elections will take place in November
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For James it is his tenth participation in the final.
And that 13 years after the first NBA final.
The Lakers, however, had to wait ten years for the next chance since the 2010 title.
Back then, Lakers legend Kobe Bryant, who died in January, was the leader - now his friend LeBron James can bring the title back to Los Angeles.
So far, James has three titles with the Miami Heat (2012, 2013) and the Cleveland Cavaliers (2016).
There are a few players with more titles in the NBA - but only three players apart from him have made at least ten finals.
In the final series, the Lakers will either face the Miami Heat or the Boston Celtics around German national player Daniel Theis.
Miami leads 3-2 in this series and only needs one win.
Boston, on the other hand, is missing two successes for a new edition of the duel from 2010, when the Celtics were inferior to the Lakers in their last title win.
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