During his appearance on The Bootleg Kev podcast, the former Cleveland Cavaliers player claims his ex-teammate ruined basketball by joining the Miami Heat.
A season after winning an NBA championship in the bubble, the Los Angeles Lakers find themselves in the NBA s play-in round, needing to win a game just to reach the postseason. The Golden State Warriors, who bounced back after a dismal, injury-plagued 2019-20 to put themselves in a position to return to the playoffs, stand in their way.
When the 2020-21 season tipped off just before Christmas, few would have predicted that these two teams the past two Western Conference champions would have been meeting on this stage. It doesn t quite have the same stakes as past postseason meetings between LeBron James and Stephen Curry, all of which happened in the NBA Finals, but it is still bound to be an exciting game, with a first-round meeting with the Phoenix Suns on the line for the winner. The loser will face possible elimination on Friday.