LeBron James

Lebron James is facing heavy criticism for being a 'statpadder' after Golden State Warriors defeated Los Angeles Lakers on the opening day of NBA 2022-23.

That has to be something that’s in our fabric, not just against Golden State but against the entire league.” Games would be over by 20 in the fourth and he would still be putting up uncontested lay-up in the last minutes chasing record.— Gboye (@mcgboye) [October 19, 2022] At the same time, another fan pointed out LeBron’s performance in the NBA 2021-22 season and said, “People seem surprised that LeBron James is stat-padding. Interestingly, the NBA 2022-23 season marks the 20th year in NBA for the second-highest point scorer of all time. While Curry returned with 33 points to his credit in a winning cause, James scored 31 points and still ended up on the losing side.

Fans weren't that amazed by LeBron James' performance against the Warriors. Generally, when players put up big numbers for their team, it means that they ...

For Houston, all slugger Yordan Alvarez did was hit a walk-off homer in the ALDS opener and a tiebreaking homer in a Game 2 win. Yes, I took the Mariners over the Blue Jays and the Guardians over the Rays in the AL Wild Card Series, and the Astros over the Mariners and the Yankees over the Guardians in the ALDS. For the record, I’m not about to doubt the pairing of Mitchell and Garland. And I think the Cavs are better — and quite a bit. A night flight to Houston, with an early Wednesday morning arrival, to face the top-seeded Astros in Game 1 of the ALCS Wednesday. Those results and the handling of the results sparked the U.S. The Golden State Warriors were leading the Los Angeles Lakers 89-64 with three and a half minutes left in the third quarter. Not only was Altman deservedly in the running for NBA Executive of the Year, but the Cavs finished 44-38 and barely missed the playoffs. Excluding the 2020 shortened season due to the pandemic, Houston has won 95+ games in five straight seasons, have been to the ALCS in six straight years, and have been to the World Series two of the last three years and three of the last six. If you don't have the ball pushing on the break, are you willing to sprint to your spot and open up a lane for your teammate? There is no doubt that this wasn't the best night for LeBron James, and he did get a lot of his points in the fourth quarter. Houston and New York were the two best teams in the American League, and it's not just by coincidence that these two juggernauts are going to play for the AL Pennant.

LeBron James says it was no surprise that the Lakers made only 25% of their three-point shots in a season-opening loss to the Golden State Warriors.

Then the reality of an aging roster, and injuries to LeBron James and Anthony Davis, set in. “We just got to continue to shoot, shoot, shoot. The Lakers did make four of nine in the fourth, but the game was out of reach by then. I put the work in here, so I live with those results. “And I don’t see myself missing the open looks I had tonight. Get them up in shoot-arounds, individual workouts. Get them up in practice. I mean, I had four or five damn good looks from the three-point line. You continue to defend, you continue to push the ball, you continue to share the ball, you continue to play for one another.” But we’re not sitting here with a bunch of 40-plus [percent] career three-point shooting guys.” “It’s not like we’re sitting here with a lot of lasers on our team. “I mean, to be completely honest, we’re not a team that’s constructed of great shooting.

All four of his championship teams were loaded with three-and-D wings that didn't need the ball but could drill the shots James created for them. But ever since ...

Offseason acquisition [Patrick Beverley](/nba/players/1685200/patrick-beverley/) has the highest career 3-point percentage at 37.8, a figure that sits only slightly above league-average. [LeBron James](/nba/players/400553/lebron-james/) team is to surround the four-time MVP with as much shooting as possible. They've opted for high-usage ball-handlers that make little sense next to James, including, most notably, [Russell Westbrook](/nba/players/1622555/russell-westbrook/).

Opening night of the 2022-23 season didn't exactly go well for the Los Angeles Lakers. After keeping things relatively close throughout the first half, ...

While the Brady analogy may be a bit far-fetched, James and his cast of struggling shooters will look to find an alternative path to success. But with James' honesty came a sense of optimism that other areas of the game can make up for — and correct — the team's shortcomings. So, with an egregious lack of shooting and major question marks on the defensive end, should we be writing the Lakers off after one game? You continue to trust the shot. You don't have to be much of a numbers guy to agree with James' take. "It's not like we're sitting here with a lot of lasers on our team, but that doesn't deter us from still trying to get great shots," James continued.

Los Angeles' starting five of James, Anthony Davis, Russell Westbrook, Patrick Beverley and Lonnie Walker IV combined to go 5-of-24 from behind the arc. Those ...

Ham said postgame he was looking for a way to get some shooting on the floor, which Ryan can provide. "It’s not like we’re sitting here with a lot of lasers on our team.” The Los Angeles Lakers shot just 10-of-40 on three-pointers in their season-opening loss at the Golden State Warriors.

It appears that LeBron James already knows that your Los Angeles Lakers aren't particularly great. One game into the 2022-23 season, after a rough 1-5 ...

But we're not sitting here with a bunch of 40-plus [percent] career three-point shooting guys." [Dave McMenamin of ESPN](https://twitter.com/mcten/status/1582646093090734080) has the full skinny. It's not like we're sitting here with a lot of lasers on our team. "To be completely honest, we're not a team constructed of great shooting. Ben Golliver of The Washington Post captured some very candid postgame press conference reflections from the 37-year-old superstar, who had a solid stat-stuffing night during a contest that never got within single digits in the fourth quarter. One game into the 2022-23 season, after a rough 1-5 preseason, it's pretty apparent that L.A.

LeBron James started the new NBA season with a defeat against the Golden State Warriors last Tuesday. He wantd to spoil the reigning champions' ring ...

Keep in mind that the NBA has 82 games each team has to play in the regular season alone. It should be interesting to see how LeBron James' teammates respond against Los Angeles Clippers next Thursday. Others slammed James' lack of leadership skills but most of them simply couldn't believe he would go after his teammates right after a defeat like that. Instead of trying to encourage his teammates for the next game against the Clippers, James decided to criticize their shooting. Facing the best-shooting team in the league was already a challenge but the Lakers never displayed long-range skills in this game. He wantd to spoil the reigning champions' ring presentation but his 31 points, 14 rebounds and 8 assists couldn't prevent it.

Opening the season against the defending-champion Warriors was never going to be an easy task for the Los Angeles Lakers.

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