Is LeBron and a dream still enough?

The hard math of the 2022 Lakers

Mar 25, 2022

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Can LeBron James and the Lakers turn it on enough to make noise in the playoffs? JASON MILLER/GETTY IMAGES

BY DAVID THORPE

Clinging to a one point lead with just over a minute to play, Russell Westbrook did what everyone expected him to do. He used an Anthony Davis screen to race downhill and attack Steven Adams, who was protecting the rim from exactly this kind of drive.

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