'That was definitely a playoff game' - LeBron James after close win vs. the Pelicans | SportsCenter

LeBron James fields questions in the locker room following the Los Angeles Lakers' 110-106 win over the New Orleans Pelicans in the NBA Play-In Tournament.
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[@spongequan1207]

It’s a shame Zion went down he was carrying the team the whole game

[@mtkellz]

He’s a freak athlete but he has to slim down too much weight at a fast speed bad for his lower body

[@DaemonTargaryen13]

Hate him or love him he’s about to be 40 years old this year. Absolutely incredible

[@Ibeonit]

40 ain’t th at old if u maintain 😂

[@abelprins3547]

@@Ibeonit you must be on crack

[@Bigmommashouse317]

@@Ibeonit40 in basketball is 60 in civilian years

[@jayphilly1703]

​@@Ibeonit Name 10 players who have averaged the same statistical numbers as Lebron at his age?

[@datsapaddlin6449]

@@Bigmommashouse317 These trolls are throwing out bait.

[@DB-cg4vs]

Ppl said Lakers need the play in to make playoffs but they were the 8th seed regardless

[@averyb.476]

People dont know what they be talking about smh

[@coreyevans7505]

Huh? Technically they were 8th. But also could have been home in 2 days . Now they are 7th and have a chance.

[@eatmakock3646]

@@coreyevans7505it’s stupid to tank a play in not knowing what would happen, Kings just chewed and stomped out the warriors

[@coreyevans7505]

@@eatmakock3646 when did I say tank ?

[@coreyevans7505]

Gotta be a bot , right ?

[@dalbs4466]

Nuggets are going from champs to eliminated in the first round

[@duskopejakovic7058]

You cant be that delusional.

[@tahjedwards13]

Let's not get ahead of ourselves. We still gotta win. Go Lakers.

[@n.d.o.6571]

I don't think so 😂😂

[@dalbs4466]

@@duskopejakovic7058 you think there good enough to eliminate Bron & AD again haha that’s delusion

[@adubhdx]

Wow! moron lol 😂

[@pg13pacernation30]

The battle against the nuggets will be a must watch Will be an intense match up for sure 👍 AD VS Joker rematch 💪🔥

[@MrThobias711]

Nobody wants to see a sweep dude. Even if it's Michael Jordan

[@joset.5322]

40k + 11k + 11k 🐐.

[@robertf1309]

NBA script writers working really hard

[@terancetheindomitable9701]

At least Williamson actually showed up this year. That's a good start.

[@steel148]

He did and got hurt. His body won’t hold up.

[@2408spydah]

Its gonna be a close sweep. Nuggets in 4

[@maximusdecimusmeridius9482]

Lakers knocking out the Nuggets in the 1st round will be wild!

[@sebastianmoradi4311]

We miss you KOBE! Laker Nation.

[@pradeepverghese1323]

I dont

[@terancetheindomitable9701]

What Kobe got to do with LeBron?

[@UrbanMaxxTV]

Kobw was horroble his last 3 seasons. Injuries and poor play

[@dantheman8152]

Lebron is that uncle at the house calling everyone young fella 😅

[@Ick.-]

On his podcast w JJ he just said he doesn’t count the play-in

[@specialt1579]

Now THAT was a game. I was greatly entertained!!

[@jokerdadon1405]

Lakers in 6 vs Chicken 🍗 nuggets and anybody 🏀💯

[@adubhdx]

🤡

[@ljpal18]

Because it is

[@jomanechitochguerrero879]

Awesome

[@Sportsfan-cm5up]

Denver won season series 3-0 😢

[@damarianthornton1404]

Lakers had too many injuries

[@Sportsfan-cm5up]

@@damarianthornton1404 nahh it’s called the nuggets can’t miss clutch shots when they play lakers

[@taesavage1191]

​@@damarianthornton1404exactly. Ppl just be talking.

[@DeathFORcameO]

Everyone knows that Adam Silver will help the Lakers in the first round

[@mr.medina938]

100% true

[@BeeJee-gc1yo]

And you change your statement again if Nuggets win the series?

[@DakotaTyler]

Well LBJ want be exhausted like last year when facing Denver in the WCF…. So grab your 🍿 and watch him be great 💪🏾

[@jogzz7779]

Not gon' lie I think the Lakers are winning this series

[@osvaldoespino1950]

denver sweeping don’t matter if he’s healthy or not denver is simply better

[@manikandankumaran1012]

​@@jogzz7779thats a big fat lie son😂

[@bigdog1002]

He wasn’t exhausted. He was just playing on a busted foot (and the lingering ankle problem). Watching him move even in the earlier series last year vs now is like night and day.

[@bigdog1002]

@@osvaldoespino1950Thin line between winning and losing in the NBA. Especially at this level. Lakers can play with them but they need some other guys (like DLo) to be better at crunch time. Dinwiddie also gives them a bigger body they can put on Murray at times. And if Vando is available, that adds another dimension. Maybe Denver is better. But you’re crazy if you think the Lakers have no chance

[@anthonysmall6167]

Next round for Lakers.....kryptonite!!!

[@user-vu7hg1sq4y]

The level of martyrdom mode is what the NBA does for LeBron James

[@upgr8king]

🐐 💜💛🌴

[@OGfly87]

LBJ 👑!!!!...BRING ON THE NUGGETS!!

[@DaveBtm998]

He’s going home in the first round 🤣

[@qco1414]

Lakers had DOUBLE free throw than the pelicans, the NBA is rigged.

[@user-mq5jd5wy6p]

@@DaveBtm998nuggets nowhere near as consistent as they were last year be quite clown 😂🤡🤡

[@OG725]

Bring on the Chicken Nuggets 🥊 Lakers want ALL THE SMOKE 💨

[@robertnahr9580]

😂😂😂Chicken Nuggets😂😂😂

[@danLTa1]

As a die hard lakers fan, we going home in 5 😢

[@lanceanderson3217]

@@danLTa1u aint a real fan if u dont trust yo team

[@beantown4life]

Chicken nuggets lmao 😂😂

[@cheatingscoobydoo]

FACTS

[@population-_-420]

Lakers in 6 🎉😎💯

[@GDTBATH]

@2:58 *"I don't ever lose confidence in my teammates."* --LeBron 😂Except every season before the trade deadline when he says he needs help.

[@eddy_8232]

💯

[@joset.5322]

Keep crying.

[@joesipr]

thats why curry saying right now and his fans 😂😂

[@n.d.o.6571]

I'm a Lakers fan but I think it will be Denver in 4.

[@ViVeriVniversvmVivusVici]

How can i get LeBeard?

[@klavsimcharen832]

It was definitely a play-in game😅

[@thouxanbandswavy2087]

Lebron just be yappin 😂😂, Can’t wait till they play Denver.. then we gonna witness a REAL playoff game

[@AlejoSunShine1111]

LeBron James is the greatest player the NBA has ever seen.

[@sharonhorton31]

Congrats, KING JAMES and AD Lakers Nation

[@mr.medina938]

Save by FTs

[@mathewsbusiness1263]

Time for the Lakers to get swept up

[@terancetheindomitable9701]

LeBron Raymone James, the greatest basketball player EVER! 🏀

[@all4onegaming300]

Bron sounds like vando is planning on returning

[@TheOneTheyCallD.]

The Lakers have earned the right to get eliminated by the Nuggets in 5 games or less.

[@JustinChristopher-ov7gw]

Respect t the Lakers. The clowns on ESPN asking (some begging) them to tank the 1st game and hope for a chance to play the Thunder. The Lakers, win or lose, wanted the Nuggets.

[@TheFuzzDaddy-actual]

Weak leaders who chase numbers ..atrong ones chase greatness itself

[@redcoch36]

How can you chase greatness without stats?? Robert Horry is a 7×Champ and can't even get a nomination to the HoF.

[@pjdava]

ESPN, Yay! I liked this video so much, it made me smile!

[@_jviewsfilms24]

LBJ!!! play off activated on the nuggets, lets go, you got this, dunk on somebody like in 2018

[@user-zm3ve2bx7i]

Thi king

[@brandonbonner4535]

Lakers in 7

[@thamoneyent]

I told ppl lebron was cruising until the playoffs

[@kwame717]

They attempt about the fewest 3s in the league and foul less on defense. That will help your free throw differential. Refs been horrible after the all star game. If anything I see refs miss very obvious calls on all teams and if the lakers were not getting fouled, the coaches have challenges if they weren’t getting fouled

[@LikeABoss1211]

He almost blew this game hogging the ball in the 4th

[@BlueGrovyle]

Just cuz he was shooting a lot doesn't mean he was hogging. What is he supposed to do when the coach isn't drawing up plays? They were gassed and weren't cutting or creating advantages, and when another player got the ball they'd just give it right back.

[@Vuhhin]

Dang, facing defending champ in first round 😮

[@sleepmoneyken9234]

As they should they been in 9th-10th place most of the dam season😂😂😂

[@Juan_nicolas4]

Everyone in the media tomorrow is going to be happy that their Lakers are going to the playoffs and just to lose to the Nuggets

[@tuckerkline4142]

Sigh 😢we gotta see the nuggets again. We about to get 4-1’nd fast smh

[@Ericrawnsley]

Actually🤓🤓 it was definitely not a playoff game. It was a play in game. The stats for these games do not count as playoff stats so it cant be a playoff game.

[@BlackKen_M]

😂😂🎉

[@jaerock3908]

NEED YALL TO PLAY SMART AND BEAT THE NUGGETS

[@markmaruz3003]

Come on nuggets you will be french fry dinner of the lakshow

[@jamesstewart8377]

Lebron “whatever the case may be” James

[@EllaXRob]

NBA been rigging games for LeBalco James the past two seasons. Ridiculous free throw disparity and phantom calls.

[@UziNewReleases]

Cope

[@SFEmpire49]

And someone behind the Scenes telling Zion he has to come out we can't have Lebron Lose. He's the GOAT 😂

[@esmooth4322]

Lakers in 6🎉

[@thegreatgamingkid8252]

Hmmm…

[@gizmo8453]

We're cooked😢

[@taesavage1191]

U scary bruhhhhh

[@adubhdx]

Lehypocrite saying he never loses confidence in his teammates is so laughable - always pressuring for trades every year, every team he been on. Im from Cleveland and a die hard cavs fan and even i admit he did the same whining and trying to run the show here. Play basketball, you're not a coach, you're not a gm, you're not the owner. Nuggets in 5 or 6 - street clothes AD will go down to an "injury" of some kind at some point in the series

[@donavenmurray3463]

Lakers have a real shot. I think it will come down to the wire this year because Lebron is healthy + more rest days between games in first round. And also Denver doesn’t have Bruce brown off the bench who was playing like a 6MOTY in the playoffs. Also Lakers have Dinwiddie and Gabe Vincent who can defend Jamal better than Schroeder. He won’t be dropping 30/6/5 on 50/40/90 against those guys that I can assure you

[@osvaldoespino1950]

i can assure you jamal murray will most definitely have the same numbers if not better against the lakers this year. lakers just simply don’t got it like denver. denver in 4

[@taesavage1191]

Every game did last playoffs against them what ppl don't understand

[@TripleG12398]

@@osvaldoespino1950 jamal murray couldn't have any better than what he did last year against the lakers in the playoffs. he will either play the same or worse.

[@donavenmurray3463]

@@osvaldoespino1950 go look up his numbers against Gabe Vincent in the finals. Like I said he’s not going to reproduce that production with perimeter defenders like Dinwiddie who is 6’5 and Gabe Vincent. Schroeder was too small and jamal got too comfortable early

[@manfromwuhan5876]

Last dance for Bron. Nuggets and Jokic winning it in 5

[@KJ-sq5ut]

We'll see...

[@MaximusSunman]

You should know by now Adam silver is giving lebron his 5th ring to create a false narrative of him being greater than Mj Mj was sterns prized fighter lebron is Adam’s most prized fighter notice how kd hasn’t been able to accomplish anything since he beat lebron twice in the finals.

[@Dxmian3]

@@MaximusSunmanbro what? Kd only accomplished what he did when he joined the best team with the best record of all time😂

[@MaximusSunman]

@@Dxmian3 you repeating what I’ve already said dummy

[@pradeepverghese1323]

​@@MaximusSunmanYou Jordan fans are the funniest dumb idiots ever

[@gazardiel3463]

PLAYOFF LEBRON! PLAYOFF MODE! HE STANDING UP TO GIVE INTERVIEW INSTEAD OF SITTING DOWN

[@eddy_8232]

20 years later he will complain that he had no help on these Lakers teams

[@parahcuy5054]

Lebonbon

[@El_Jefe_De_Jefess]

LeBron is the GOAT 🐐

[@MrThobias711]

He only won bc Zion got hurt and he knows it

[@ThePatman1980]

Seems like the Lakers role players wanted to win that game but LeBron and AD didn’t.

[@OG725]

Pat4Clippers who lead the Lakers in scoring today? Bron 🧐 such a bad take once again from ya. What’s new? I thought you said the Lakers were ducking?

[@pradeepverghese1323]

Lol. The Jordan lovers here are insane

[@robs4491]

Lebron better change the narrative by beating Denver

[@Walmartwentbroke]

Everyone wants to be a laker right now

[@Walmartwentbroke]

NBA development League

[@Leflopsux]

The refs once again bail leflop out. When will ESPN do a story on Lebron and his steroid abuse

[@Dats_dope]

Didn’t lebron say the person who invented the play in should be fired ???

[@destonbell344]

They was 8th seed or above 8th seed every time they was in a play in situation. No room to hate 💯

[@c3dmf4s]

The ladies are about to get their buts whooped... again... lefraud is going to retire after this beat down in denver.

[@rockroad4505]

Time to grow up and talk like an adult.

[@eddiegriffinjones5541]

This guy takes off his clothes more than a stripper.

[@davidorellana6278]

Imagine they created the play in just to allow Lebron led teams a chance at the playoffs

[@RizzMafia_]

LeBron would’ve made the playoffs each time anyway they’ve never been below 8th seed casual

[@scorpionvseverybody6524]

Miami Heat? Warriors? Kings? 😂

[@holyghost8467]

7th seed is a playoffs it was like that even before the play in

[@anthonyverbena8473]

Warriors suck

[@woodstocknation1961]

Yeah a week from now lebaron will be done. Time for him to take his billions and ride off into the smog of la

[@KTS365]

The most obviously scripted game to set up Denver vs Lakers for ratings. They wasn’t finna have James miss the playoffs

[@fatedestroyer]

Stop crying

[@datsapaddlin]

Lakers hatsrs come up with every negative narrative in the book 😂. You had one for if they lost as well

[@taesavage1191]

If it was scripted. Why wasn't the gs game scripted then ?lol exactly!

[@TripleG12398]

the 7th or 8th seed doesn't miss the playoffs with or without the play-in🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡

[@MamouLabe]

I'm not a Lakers fan but I would love to see em have a buffet with these chicken nuggets...Make sure all the nuggets are gone by time they get to the 7th buffet...😅😊😮

[@Biggierections295]

Lebonbon