Milwaukee showed in Game 2 that it’s far superior to Atlanta when playing its best basketball, but can the Bucks keep it up and win the East finals? That’s not so certain.
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LeBron James looked refreshed in his return to the Los Angeles Lakers lineup on Sunday. James said he would have liked to have played, but said the team did the right thing by having him take some time off.
“If it was up to just me, I probably would’ve played,” James said. “It would’ve been hard to keep me away from it. I have a team and I got to listen to them as well. They look out for my best interest.”
James who had a stated goal of playing in all 82 games this season, also said the soreness in his left foot hasn’t gone away.
“It’s not behind me,” James said of his foot issue. “It’s an everyday thing.”
Lakers coach JJ Redick said he’ll be focused on trying to find ways to keep James rested and healthy, but without forcing the veteran superstar to take games off.
“Not necessarily less minutes, but shorter runs so that he’s not getting gassed and then quicker segments on the bench and then he’s back in,” Redick said.
Expectations can doom a team, and it’s not exactly news to point out that rebuilding teams can’t be judged by the same metrics as title contenders. Wins and losses are important, but they are not the only way to look at how a team is progressing. The New York Knicks , for example, weren’t
For the Miami Heat, the season is going down to the final night. Tyler Johnson scored 24 points, including the game’s final four from the foul line in overtime, and the Heat kept their postseason hopes alive by rallying past the Cleveland Cavaliers 124-121 on Monday night. The Heat (40-41) remained No. 9 in the Eastern Conference, a game behind No. 7 Indiana (41-40) and a tiebreaker behind No. 8 Chicago (40-41).
