‘Hear all the Crying’: NBA Hall of Famer Backs LeBron James & Lakers But Also Shares Words of Caution

The Lakers finally enjoyed the light of the day after having lost six of their seven matches prior to meeting the Nuggets. The Staples Center saw its home team winning 93-89 in a game that LeBron James missed because of his continued ankle troubles. 

Even after posting this victory, the Lake Show is not out of the play-in danger because their upcoming matches are very tough. Add the dark clouds over Bron’s fitness and the franchise still has a long way to go. Still, where do they stand in terms of the possibilities of reaching/winning the conference finals?

Reggie Miller gave his prediction on the Lakers

NBA Hall of Famer and 5x All-Star, Reggie Miller, sat down for an interview where he discussed everything ongoing with the Lakers. The 55-YO claimed that the Lakers are a very tough side to beat in a series of seven, but all threw some words of caution. He detailed, “To me, it’s all about health. And, if LeBron and AD are healthy, the Lakers are always the team to beat. Now I know LeBron has been back two games and they just have not looked well.”

The Pacers legend then touched upon Bron’s play-in comment, which had him indirectly and unintentionally targeting the NBA Commissioner. He questioned, “Where was all this talk a month ago? Two months ago? When the Lakers, when Boston, the Dallas, they were securely one of the top six teams. Now they’re on the outside, possibly looking in…”

Moving forward, just as Kendrick Perkins had, in another interview, counted the reasons that make the play-in important, Reggie did that too. Plus, he warned the Lakers by stating, “LeBron goes down, AD goes down, and they’re on kind of nose dived, looking at 7 through 10. So I don’t wanna hear all the crying.”

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What are LeBron James and his unit going to do from here?

After the Lakers had lost their game against the Raptors, a dejected Kyle Kuzma had given a rather alarming interview. In it, he was almost at a loss for words and had expressed his desire to see Center Marc Gasol gain more playing minutes. Well, Marc did not get many minutes added to his outing against the Nuggets, but he made the most of his 17 minutes. Marc added 10 points, 7 rebs, 2 assists, and a block at 75% shooting to make his statement.

Plus, in the absence of Dennis Schroder, Alex Caruso started the game and impacted efficiently with +4 in plus-minus, adding 11 points. But most refreshingly, Anthony Davis found his form and scored a game-winning 25 points against a defense-heavy Nuggets. 

If this game was a testimony to the Lakers’ upcoming games, they are in good hands. But they’d still want a totally fit LeBron to give them that psychological boost against the biting WC. His words “I don’t have too much level of concern” won’t alone help the Lakers. So what do you say, can the Lakers reach the WC Finals as Reggie projected? Help us know in the comments.

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