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great win at home for the Lakers guys versus the hottest team in the NBA Memphis who came in winners of 10 of their last 11 number two in the Western Conference they’re the best offensive team at 123 and I I’d argue that the Lakers brought a defense first score mentality into this one as a team I say that because they held Memphis to just 20 after one which is their lowest scoring quarter of the entire season they held him to their lowest scoring half at 46 uh and then overall they put up 110 13 below their average behind a 40 and 16 game from uh Anthony Davis big game you got to love that win for the Lakers yeah you you got to love the the snap back you know trying to get back on track and the only way they were going to do it was you know with a a mindset that they were going to defend and do it for an entire game I I kind of love you know the the youth movement I I’d like Max Christie getting some time I like reddish uh getting some time I even like Koko get in a few minutes because they bring a little more energy to the defensive end and you know I can appreciate that but uh having the controller back too having LeBron at the helm uh you know kind of dictating how the offense is going to run being able to take advantage down the stretch and of course continuing to uh run everything to ad uh seems to be a successful formula but the defense is I got to give him credit for that tonight yeah I mean it was a interesting game to watch like just very disjointed uh you know a lot of fouls free throws Etc which I think kind of just favors the Lakers in in that this type of matchup um anytime you can have a team like the Grizzlies taking the ball out of bounds in dead ball situations you have a much better chance of locking into them defensively and so I thought the nature of the game really fit the Lakers better Memphis shot the ball terribly in the first half to the L the Lakers defense caused a lot of those misses they just really could not create an advantage uh and so the Lakers style kind of won this fight tonight uh with with so many stops in play and and allowed them to really keep the Grizzlies in front of them mostly the night okay got uh 58 fouls between the two teams 45 turnovers but the only number that really mattered was 80s 40 and we talked about on the pregame show James you were probably enjoying yourself in the Chairman’s room where this Delta room or whatever they call it I was a good mask I hope so but we said ad loves play against these guys who have won Defensive Player of the Year Awards Rudy Gober jiren Jackson jiren Jackson Jr two of those guys WRA the top of my head he loves showing these guys what he can do Triple J fouled out a little bit past that midpoint of the fourth quarter kind of cleared the the the road for the Lakers to uh to win the game they’re up 23 third quarter so not the best finish for them but they got the win tough schedule the rest the month good W 58 fouls we’re going to get to that in one second but for now let’s go back downtown Austin Reeds he’s with Mike trell well Austin it appeared to be a pretty grueling game uh you certainly got hit in the face a couple times seemed like every foul on both end ends were called how did you guys end up uh getting preserving and finding a way to win nonetheless oh I feel like this game was like 4 hours long to be honest so it was almost three all the stoppages and reviews and uh but it’s I mean that’s what happens when two good teams get together and compete their ass off um you know they they very easily could have laid down when we went up 20 and they didn’t do that they kept fighting fighting we got to do a better job to you know put them away earlier uh so I don’t get elbowed in the face um but no just you know any win in this league is good uh there was a lot of good things we did tonight so uh we’ll watch the film tomorrow or whenever and build on it yeah we saw that on the replay certainly didn’t look intentional or anything but Edie did catch a square in the mouth there right is that a big part of your game just finding a way to stick in even if you’re out down there with a seven-footer like that yeah I mean I asked him if I laid on the ground a little longer if they would have reviewed it for me but uh apparently they didn’t since they didn’t call anything they couldn’t do it uh he definitely didn’t mean to do it I was walking back out after the timeout he’d come over and checked in so uh it’s just healthy competition and uh you’d love to see it um you know he’s a he a big big man down there he’s a problem down there and uh you know shout out to him for doing what he does for that team and uh but yeah just play hard so two games back for you now since you missed the five the defense has been much better where did that come from where did you see on the defense event tonight uh definitely isn’t me it’s just a collective group uh the chemistry that we have together obviously ADB and AD but uh that has nothing to do with me um that just has to do with you know good coaching good uh you know individual effort but also team effort at the same time you ref to take credit as always uh last one for you you’re moving for now Sacramento a couple games Detroit then you get golden state on Christmas what do you want to reestablish here as you as you get these next couple weeks in play Win games uh obviously we haven’t played the way we wanted to play the last 10 games or whatever it is so uh get back to our winning ways we know we’re capable of it we showed it we showed that we could be a dominant team for you know three and a half quarters so if we do that every single night uh we’ll be tough to beat all right we’ll let you go get a nice P thank you I need it I’d say he does Austin re with 19 and8 I do want to touch on something they just talked about it’s a little bit just more diving into the defense we mentioned the 58 fouls throughout this one but game a lot of talk has been made especially during this stretch where the Lakers have been three and eight over their last 11 uh talking about how the communication needs to be better we don’t have the greatest Personnel defensively so we need to be more physical on a night like tonight when you’re able to show and put forth that effort and see it come out in a win what can that do for a squad like this obviously that’s trying to carve their way and figure out their identity on that end of the floor and how do you make make it consistent well I mean I think it can give them hope and you know uh let them remember that they can do it if they set their minds to it so they definitely need it um you know they’re going to get great offenses performances from LeBron ad and collectively you know I think most Knights but I think defensively is where they you know fail and I think if they could hang their hats on a game like tonight against a hot team uh with some really good talent um you know I I think it can can give them confidence and remind them what they need to do going forward fish at the half they shot 30% Memphis and you said you didn’t think they were going to do that for the whole game but they finished at 30 39% yeah from the field 32% from Deep yeah I mean a little better uh in particular obviously the stretch you know anytime Anthony Davis goes out of the game uh you know guys were active in terms of their hands deflections 10 steals uh and seven blocks as it shows there so that type of defensive effort and energy and maybe to James’s point with Max Christie uh there were some clips where Koko’s lateral movement for a a longer more athletic guy was really really impressive uh to see and so getting some of those guys into the game gay vinent had some good minutes cam reddish obviously Austin Reed being back uh so a lot of positives on the defensive end uh tonight for the Lakers especially when it’s starting on the perimeter John marant started one of seven finished six of 21 below his average just 20 tonight making it difficult for him someone who’s electrifying obviously Ellie you know it’s kind of nice to talk about the Laker defense we’ve been talking a lot about other teams defense Minnesota just here the night holding the Lakers below 90 for the second time in just a two or three- we period so finally we get to say okay this is the Memphis is the top scoring team in the league almost 123 a game and the Lakers held him comfortably below that should it have been 110 well the Lakers kind of let things slip away as Austin reev said we played a perfect three and half quarters things got away from them a little bit uh a couple little runs by the Grizz but to keep him at 110 that’s a win and for the Lakers to be just far enough ahead of them another win again I I alluded to it earlier the rest of this month you have three games against Sacramento you a road game Christmas against Golden State New Year’s Eve you’re playing here against Cleveland and there’s also a Detroit game in there somewhere a team that beat the Lakers just a few short weeks ago in Detroit so they had to get this win tonight I thought James stay a couple games above 500 just give you that much more confidence and cushion for the rest of the month obviously it starts with everything defensively but it certainly helps when you have a 40 and 16 night from Anthony Davis defish there was that stretch in the third where Memphis went on a 195 run when he went down with that injury over a six minute period things got a little dicey but I think for Anthony Davis three out of his last four games now 30 or more starting to see him a little bit more like the MVP Anthony that we saw to start the season that’s why everybody was holding their breath when he went down obviously when he went back to the locker room very concerned the energy in crypto even though James was the only guy that was there in person uh the energy and the building changed then we could fill it here in the studio yeah I went back and check back I did some reporting G it wasn’t on the job so I can you text us next time let us know he’s going to be fine he told me to keep it low he was coming back definitely a little scary to see ad grab that left shoulder um we went back and looked at it he hurt the right shoulder against this very C Memphis team uh towards the end of last season another play involving jiren Jackson Jr a little collision near the basket good to see him come back and hit that 40 mark that’s kind of a statement game for ad I’m sure he’s been reading a little bit how he had that weird couple weeks um kind of late November early December seems to be a for a forone memory at this point Austin rames as we mentioned 19 and8 Lebron after missing the last two games welcome back 188 and8 uh for LBJ the Lakers move to 9 and three at home and have three days off before their next game so hopefully this uh added rest does them some good as we uh where are we going yes with 17 stocks tonight not sure what the deflections number was but just the defensive activity and and kind of the game plan where did you see that from the start of the game and how did that play through against those guys you have to play play as hard as them at the very least to have a chance to win um I thought our guys did that I thought our game plan discipline was really good um you know in terms of the physicality um this is not a comment negative or positive on the officiating tonight um but it was a strange game uh just in terms of the way I I feel like the game has been refereed uh for the last you know going back to post Allstar break and and through the start of this season it was a it was a strange game it was a lot of fouls and and some of the physicality they’ve allowed uh just didn’t feel like we we had that tonight um which potentially led to you know some of those turnovers um particularly you know us on the offensive end with some with with some offensive fouls and vice versa so um but I thought just in in terms of you know what we were trying to do defensively um we we did a really good job Max Christie uh in particular on ball was uh was fantastic tonight I think these teams would have average I think about 37 combined fouls heading in and what it end up being 58 or something like that how I’ll take us with 27 over eight okay it means means we’re playing hard and we’re being physical just maybe 15 to 20 would be better yeah but you you felt like despite how that game went though that you know the thing you were able to stay along the path that you wanted to go as a team yeah um you know I I don’t I don’t like um the the turnovers which we’ve been pretty good for most of the year um I think our two highest turnover games prior to this were against Minnesota which not that it’s explainable but um you can you can Envision a scenario where you have a high turnover game against them uh Memphis again plays very hard and um have some disruptors uh but some of the turnovers were were a little unforced JJ that early sequence LeBron had the dunk followed by the chase down was kind of obvious to all of us that it looked like he had some energy in the tank what was less obvious to you that uh in ways that you saw LeBron impact winning for you guys um he he’s he’s the best on our team uh with his attention to detail shifts um just his his high shift to then close his high shift to then get back to his man um he was great with that tonight um and truthfully I think all our guys were um we’re asking a lot uh you know to be able to contain the basketball and give help and then to be able to get back to our guy and then they really stretch you on that because of their real concept where you can be in that high shift and they’re cutting behind you um but because we did a I would say an outstanding job it wasn’t perfect but we did an outstanding job of not allowing them to get middle every time um those High shifts were really good for us JJ uh 80 tied to season high with 40 points tonight uh obviously had the the shoulder incident in the third um I guess one do you have an update on the status of his shoulder and two feels like his mid-range I I don’t want to speak I don’t want to speak for what the actual diagnosis is here I would just say that you know he had the Stinger um in a couple games ago um told me tonight it was a stinger again say I think it was the same shoulder Mitch left shoulder okay yeah we’ll we’ll give you official but I I think it’s just a stinger yeah then second one was just uh mid-range jumper the last few games feels like it’s it’s really been falling at a high level for him uh when he’s in that type of Rhythm what does it do for him offensively and what does it do for the offense overall yeah I I I think it it forces uh defenses to honor um space and then it allows him to then create opportunities to draw fouls um so it’s important and um you know we’re the the sort of Funk from three-point land continues for us um and it feels like it’s it’s been that way for a little bit we probably have had some good shooting games mixed in but you know we’re we’re struggling right now from beyond the line so if we can’t get layups uh and we’re we’re taking mid-rangers those those mother effers better go in uh or we’re going to have trouble scoring good restraint um the um twice tonight yeah two for you um first off um seeing the kind of energy and attention to detail and all that stuff from LeBron um will that play a role in how you guys handle his time and minutes moving forward in this season like I mean having the I know it’s one time but like having a piece of uh evidence to kind of show the benefit of a of a Break um sure I I I think uh it it requires communication and feedback from both parties um it also maybe maybe it’s not sitting out a game maybe it’s um not necessarily like I told him the night before the game not necessarily less minutes but um sort of shorter runs so that he’s not getting gassed and then quicker uh uh segments on the bench and then he’s back in you know what I mean so there’s there’s different ways to do it than just to say we’re going to rest you and you’re not you’re going to sit out of game and then um you mentioned Max on the ball um we we talked or you said pregame you kind of laid out the template for the guy that you wanted to maybe put in as that fisty it sounded a lot like Max um why did you go with him tonight and then I guess just his willingness to be aggressive against such a dynamic player and John marant what did that kind of show you about a young guy yeah I think um in terms of the decision um it wasn’t an easy decision and um we really feel like as a staff Gabe has been fantastic the last couple weeks particularly on the defensive end um with his physicality and on ball stuff um and he’s also had some some good offensive games as well um I think the the size and and just the athleticism um and and the fact that you know Max has a really good feel for the game and he can move um was important and then just in terms of you know his long-term Outlook and his growth I think these opportunities are great for him um you know I’ll I’ll reference the the Oklahoma City game where you know he made a mistake at the end and we play a week later in Atlanta and you know he’s in the sort of the same situation at the end of regulation and he gets a block on Trey young so you know with young guys these opportunities are great for them to grow um not only in confidence but also just the the Learned experience and the Learned knowledge of being in different situations last one JJ just uh following up on LeBron 1888 tonight just what was your overall assess assessment of of his play here in his first game back yeah I mean I I have no idea what what uh he did in terms of on court stuff during his his time off um I think you know he the the the turnovers or you know even just the three-point shooting you know it was um you know there a little feel and a rhythm to that and a touch to that um but the energy um and you know we we saw some as Dave mentioned some really ath plays to start the game and and some I thought overall just some great defense and and really just an important part of uh us having a good team defenses his talk and and his uh his effort level on that next question got Max Max been a lot of different iterations of you know lineups and such and JJ obviously went to you tonight with the the other four that have been more regulars so what what was that conversation and kind of where did you feel like the focus was for what they were asking from you um yeah he told me little while before the game that I was going to start and uh it was kind of just uh you’re going to start want you to bring energy and effort on the defensive end obviously my main assignment tonight was John marant so my mind was kind of just focused on trying to make it as tough as I could for him he’s a really Dynamic player he’s a really good player so wanted to just do as good of a job as I can just kind of making it tough for him um and I thought I did a decent job of that tonight yeah JJ referenced that you know the the immediate would just be how you fit with the team right now and then also looking at the the big picture and kind of your development how are how are you feeling about that as you as you continue here in you know your your 21 year yeah I mean it’s it feels it feels good and it’s pretty cool kind of just to see the progression and the growth in terms of just me over the last three years to be honest and I think um I think I’ve slowly gotten a little bit better I’ve been putting more tense situations more important situations and I think these are good experiences for me guarding a dynamic player like J being in at the end of the game and um I think it’s cool for me just to kind of reflect on the growth that I’ve had and and um you know I want to keep that going Max the Grizzlies have been as hot as any team in the league coming into tonight and obviously you guys hadn’t been playing your best basketball uh what did you see about the group’s approach uh tonight that could be rep uh you could replicate moving forward I mean I think it starts on the defensive end for us um I think we did a really really good job just kind of keeping the ball in front for the most part they really good at driving the ball middle they’re really good at they’re cutting when they drive middle they have a good wheel action that they run so I thought we did a decent job defending that and then offensively I thought we got to the free thr line a good amount and um you know I thought we got to the layup we got a lot of layups and dunks we got a lot of easy baskets something we kind of emphasize as a team before the game we need some easy baskets um and I think we got plenty of those tonight from dunks and layups and back door cuts and whatnot and then Braun and AD ad had a 40-point game I mean he’s phenomenal obviously on the offensive end So that obviously helps but Braun had a good game coming back AR had a great game coming back so you know it was a collection of a lot of things for sure Max uh you might have heard him talking about it when you were back there but JJ referenced the the growth he’s seen even from the OKC game L game situation to Atlanta a week later in what ways do you feel like you’ve grown kind of through this season and and especially over the last few weeks or so yeah I think um just kind of being in the fire to be honest is how I’ve grown I think um I think in previous years I haven’t been in a lot of high pressure high stake situations this year I’ve had a few of those and OKC I obviously made a big mistake in that one but I think that’s a good lesson for me I had to that’s trial by fire right so you get thrown in the fire you make a mistake you learn from it and like you said A week later in Atlanta I come up with a big block tonight I’m in for most of the game g a really good player so it’s kind of just the growth of you know just being in the fire you know failing a lot and then you got to fail before you succeed so kind of just stay in the course one foot in front of the other when you make mistakes and whatnot and just kind of learning and just doing the I can Max after the Minnesota loss JJ said he felt like that was your best your guys’s best defensive game as a collective obviously you guys have the performance you did tonight what I guess was been the biggest change you guys have made since the the break you guys had in play yeah I mean I think our communication’s been really good with each other um and I think just our effort overall in general to be honest has been really really good 8’s done a really good job protect on the rim I think our point of attack Defenders me c Gabe have done a phenomenal job kind of keeping the ball in front funneling into a um and then I just think just in general we’ve just been playing with a lot more effort and intensity a lot more force on the defensive end with a little bit more aggression I think we’re forcing a decent amount of turnovers we’re scoring off turnovers so um you know I think I think it helps you know I think they had they had 21 turnovers I think and we had 24 points or some off of it so forcing turnovers is good for us Max over these last 10 games um you guys have had good stretches good moments and then stuff has gone bad and it’s it’s kind of changed the momentum of the game um you guys were up 20 tonight when ad leaves and they I think score like six really quick points what was sort of the the energy and the discussion of the team in that moment um and I guess did you see growth and how you guys handled that in-game adversity yeah I think Our poise was really really good I think we scored one basket in like the last five minutes of the third or something like that we came out in the fourth really hot um so yeah like you said we had a little bit of adversity um and I think our growth for us as a team is we kind of just stuck with it and uh we handled it together internally as a team we talked about what we wanted to do better um and we kind of just came out the other side with a lot of fire and it kept us in the game when we came out in the beginning of the fourth and kind of came out pretty hot so um you know I think in the past it might have had a different outcome and I think tonight shows a little bit of growth for us as a unit being able to kind of take that punch in the mouth just kind of keeping your chin high and staying poised defensively and offensively Thanks Max thanks guys no LeBron’s not done um well let’s just start with your face I know you get hit in the face a lot but are you doing all right after that one yeah I’m doing great we won uh it hurt for a second [Music] um that’s really it all good though yeah I mean I feel I feel great uh I’m happy to be back playing basketball man I missed it when I was I was out for those five games and then uh having Max in the starting lineup I know there’s been some iterations where you’ve kind of had to take on the toughest defensive matchup um how nice is it having him next to you to to take on jaw in a game like this man Max was phenomenal tonight uh playing defense you know offense as well but you know his defense tonight on JW was you know really good that’s a team that’s been rolling uh I think they won 11 of the last 12 and uh for him to do what he did uh obviously gives us a very good opportunity to win the game and um you know you you want to see a kid like that succeed uh good kid does the right things uh puts a lot of work in I think he was the first one in the gym this morning getting up shot so um TI you had to a guy like that uh you know you expect him to do with the next game as well Austin follow up on Max you’ve had a a lot of different partners this year as you guys try to figure out the that mix in the back cord this went well tonight presuming it’s going to be there the next game but where where do you feel like you and he gel in particular are there any things that you try to focus on um even if it’s just a tiny bit different to maximize what he does out there uh you know I think it’s just easy when he plays the game the right way uh he don’t want you know if he’s open he’s going to shoot the ball but it’s not like he’s running to the ball uh you know ask him for the ball like I said he plays the game the right way obviously guards at a high level and um it’s easy to you know put him in any lineup and and have him be successful so uh you know tonight was you know very very good I know JJ had a conversation with him before the game uh telling him he was going to start you know uh he was excited for it he was ready for the challenge and um you know I can’t wait to see him you know keep growing to you know the player that he’s going to be I talled it up the other day I can’t remember what it was now 129 or 139 something like straight games you had played in um prior to the the pelvic injury uh we’ve been talking to LeBron about how tough it was him for to miss time but like what what was that period like for you and um you know how good does it feel to be able to help this team win again man um it’s it’s just it’s frustrating um just because you you know you want to play the game you love uh it’s not much more than that you know anytime you can lace them up and go you know to war with the guys that you have on the team coaches staff it’s frustrating for me uh just because I feel like uh me being out there can help us be successful and you know I wasn’t able to get out there uh not you know so much because of the you know however many games I played in a row it was more so just to be out there having fun um you know alongside those guys and uh but you know stuff happens I got hurt and uh we took the you know two weeks I think it was from you know when I got hurt to when I played on Friday uh we took that time to you know obviously do what we had to do with the injury that I had but also uh attack everything else and make sure when you know I’m ready to hit the floor that I feel really good doing it so um sucks but you know it’s the game and unfortunately you you know get banged up here and there but uh happy to be back out there Austin in the in the third quarter um you guys are up 20 80 goes out and maybe there have been moments like this over the previous 10 games where you guys had had two good quarters or two and a half good quarters and then something goes wrong and the floor kind of falls out um how are you guys able to weather that today and do you think that’s the kind of block that you guys can build on um yeah um I think like you said we’ve seen it happen before in situations where that aren’t good for us that you know turn the opposite way uh basketball’s such a big momentum game and when you have that momentum sometimes it feels like you can’t do any wrong when you don’t have it you feel like you can’t do anything right and for us to be up 20 I think they cut it to what 10 going into the fourth nine whatever it was and uh we didn’t Panic we you know trusted what we were doing uh I thought Bri was you know very pivotal for us um you know down the stretch he got us organized got to you know uncontested layup on the one but other than that he put us where we needed to be and uh facilitated the ball and you know just did what he does so uh it’s good to have him back but go ahead I’m done yeah screw you screw you Dan um you always play so unafraid and you never shy away from physicality like you said to get banged up sometimes where does that toughness come from or who’ you learn it from my brother used to beat the out of me every day uh growing up as a little brother uh you never win anything it’s it becomes you know second nature uh my whole family never let me win anything my my parents parents would beat me and anything they played me in my brother would beat me um you know until I got old enough to you know be able to hold my own but uh you know I wouldn’t have wanted it any other way uh I feel like if they would have catered to me I wouldn’t be where I was or where I am now so appreciate y’all um but yeah I used to I used to take a lot of L’s uh my brother used to beat me up pretty good question yep uh child dispencer there it worked or not Austin just thinking thinking about the the overall scope of the offense right now the downhill juice that you provide like do you see that as having any additional per importance this year just with what the roster is and can you can you kind of sense the opportunities for you to go take it uh in there and and try to make the defense suck in yeah uh I think the coach has talked to me about that a lot which is crazy cuz I’m not very fast uh I don’t go any we’re very fast so it’s it’s kind of weird for me to create Advantage cuz you I don’t think I’m very fast um but just to be able to start you know our offense in some type of situation where we get an advantage uh I know I remember one play t night where I think I can’t remember if it was ad or or uh Christian that set a ball screen and got downhill do a hook pass to the corner to uh ruy ruy extra did to Dow Dow made a three um you know just having those types of possessions uh where you kind of get the def defense you know moving uh regardless make or Miss you’re going to make more than you you’re not uh in those types of situation when you get good looks and uh you know facilitating the ball everybody feels good and um you know like I’ve told you a billion times I just want to do what I can do to help us win time to go back inside the Lakers locker room ad is speaking with gater in the media he always good to get a win tonight you were uh tied your season High what was the key for you guys uh our defense we really good defensively um our game plan discipline um was really good Max um was really good on J cam obviously he’s ahead and snake can get him going and I think we did a good job of making him uh take tough shots earn tough shots got away at the end of the third um we was able to you know stay pois stay calm get it back and ultimately winning game you know JJ mentioned in the pregame show trying to find that fifth guy to to to kind of fit with you forward he wanted a defensive presence did you feel like Max really fit that role tonight you mentioned him yeah um you know Max also giv us you know some stuff on offensive end you know the shooting ability uh ability to back cut and you know Drive make plays for others so um you know Max been playing well um you know we’re going to continue to need that from him we’re going to put him on some of the best um guards you know in the league when we play these teams and U he’s taking a challenge you know we know he going to make mistakes and um we dare to cover him but you know we want him to be uh Ultra aggressive on the ball and uh you know we just got to have his back with most of the uh lineup back tonight just the in terms of the rotation to feel a little bit of normaly offensively with the way the ball was moving in the flow yeah um you know we just wanted to get back to who we were in the beginning of the Season moving to basketball sharing the basketball um and that’s it you know touching the paint spraying out if you know the defense is collapsing and um you know look real good to he we saw what happened with with Ed kind of reach down grabbed your arm a little bit um you tried to stay in the game and looked like you tried to go for a loose ball and knew something wasn’t right what were you feeling in that moment and how’d you get through it U just a little Stinger uh just went in the back got some some work done I had four fouls anyway so time about time for me to come out anyway so uh you know tell me I was going back to the fourth and uh went back there got some treatment you know get some feeling back um some strength back you know for me to finish the game feel okay right now or do you are you still feeling some of it yes when you guys were going through your struggles not that long ago one of the things that you talked about coach said talked about was communication not being up the par uh how does LeBron’s president help with the defensive communication JJ mention it that you know he’s he’s maybe as good as anyone you have on the team in terms of calling out what needs to be done yeah um you know obviously you know vocal leader um not just off the floor but on the floor and when he’s there you know I’m whether I’m in coverage or you know you know guard the pick and roll you know he’s on that backline and kind of directing traffic to everyone um you know calling out coverages and our schemes and what we’re supposed to be doing so uh it’s good to have him back from that standpoint um you know ain’t good just have back cars you know size you know had another what you about 66 [Music] 67 about 67 67 67 and a half about 6’2 you know guy on the floor uh you know to help you know rebounding and gner you know the paint he been away for a week and then kind of his first input like his first imprint on the game was the Duncan transition block on the way back and then I think the tip like right after that what that kbur show you about where was at physically tonight like he had a week off had some energy uh which kind of brought you know energy to us um you know he’s you know obviously you know dealing with some stuff but um I think the week up kind just let him heal and you know get back right and you know he came out with a ton of energy you know which kind of guy that’s going in first quarter last two mention after the Minnesota game that that was the best defensive game you guys had obviously you guys come up this perform perance what was the biggest defensively you seen from the group I guess after the breaking games you guys had um just playing hard um you know we’re playing physical um we’re on a string we’re flying around we’re covering for each other and you know once we do those things um it makes it easier for us you know defensively um to get in the ball to to rebound to communicate uh when you know you have when you know you have protection now you know if you get beat or you know know um Blow by close out whatever it is so um you know when we on a string and we were together we’re pretty good defensive T last question thanks everyone let’s get his thoughts 188 and8 LeBron is speaking with Gater Lebron after uh Missing uh two games nine days uh away what uh how do you feel mentally physically uh the foot everything just kind of going into this game uh I felt pretty good um you know it’s very rare throughout a course of a season where you can take advantage of a of a schedule and um I was able to do that over the past week was the energy where you wanted it to be yeah it was it was uh it was where I wanted it to be you know defensively um JJ praised you guys you individually as well and especially Max he was kind of looking for that fifth guy up to fit uh talk about Max’s performance inight no he was great I mean um you know um Jay’s kind of been like seeing who could uh be that fifth guy alongside me ruy and uh AR and AD so max came in tough assignment with J obviously the head of the snake and I thought he did a great job of just trying to make it tough on him he also contribut on offensive G too once you guys were eliminated from the the cup like this part of the schedule kind of came together and shook out um can you kind of take us through the time onine as like when you saw it as an opportunity and how that how your foot played a role in that decision um probably to Saturday after the Hawks game um you know um felt it felt my foot felt my body um um you know after the after that hulks game after that last road trip and um you know I did my pregame workout on that Sunday for the Portland game and um you know decided that it was probably best that I probably take that game off and then looking you know forward to the schedule we didn’t play again till Friday in Minnesota um but if I had an opportunity to take more days and get my mind body my mind body and everything just you know where I wanted it to be for tonight you know and it worked out

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