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While James’ team often finds itself as the favorite in the conference, this season may be a little different, considering the star power of other contenders in the West and the persistent questions regarding the Lakers’ depth and talent behind James. NBA TOP 100 RANKINGS: 1-19 | 20-39 | 40-59 | 60-79 | 80-100 The glitz and glamour of Los Angeles will provide James with more opportunities outside of basketball than ever before in his career, but he is also trying to make his ninth straight NBA Finals....

Griffin told Sports Illustrated he was “miserable” during his time as the Cavaliers general manager, which “shocked” James, according to a report from ESPN, which cites unidentified sources close to the star. James was playing with Cleveland while Griffin was in the front office. Griffin told Sports Illustrated he knew he was going to leave the Cavaliers after they won the championship in 2016. He parted ways with the team about one year later....

A couple of Warriors fans look like they may have made Santa’s naughty list with their behavior during the first half of the Christmas matchup with the Cavs, though. MORE: NBA’s Christmas jerseys | Top 10 NBA moments of 2015 One fan thinks that the team’s sizzling start warrants making Luke Walton the head coach over Steve Kerr. And another fan got caught saying something about LeBron James she didn’t expect him to hear....

LeBron James is coming for another ring, and he isn’t fooling around. MORE: Best NBA teams that failed to win a championship With a near-perfect shooting performance in a Game 1 blowout victory, James once again put his greatness on full display with a different level of tenacity than we had seen in the first two rounds. He attacked the basket like a lion hunting in the wild. He only took one shot outside of the paint....

When Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James was asked about the 19-year-old Australian, he had nothing but great things to say about the Rookie of the Year candidate. “He’s really, really, really good,” James stated plainly before diving deeper into his answer. “He has a great pace about the game. Great vision.” MORE: Watch the NBA All-Star Game live with Sling TV (3-day free trial; U.S. only) As someone who ranks seventh on the NBA’s all-time assists leaderboard, James knows a player with good passing instincts when he sees one....

Yahoo Sports reported that a league source said the Cavs star has been working out every day, and his back problems are easing. James received an anti-inflammatory shot in his back Oct. 13. MORE: Classic photos of LeBron James | Offseason grades for all 30 teams The 30-year-old also received a shot last season because of pain issues.

With 11.1 seconds left in regulation and the Wizards leading the Cavs 118-117, James dribbled up the court, “Eurostepped” around John Wall (he traveled) and missed a wide-open layup. MORE: Melo-for-Love trade talks are still insane The Wizards corralled the rebound, and James walked back down the floor in disbelief wondering how he had missed his easiest shot of the game. After Wall drained two free throws to put Washington ahead by three, Kevin Love took the ball and heaved a perfect pass down the sideline to James....

James went to set a pick to free up Heat point guard Norris Cole, which must have seemed like a pretty routine thing to do, since that’s what James had done for the past few seasons. MORE: Metta World Peace’s ‘The Panda’s Friend’ shoes are working for him | Aaron Brooks thinks Doug McDermott’s name is ‘Ray’ But wait, what’s that? James was supposed to be playing defense? Ah, yes, James set a screen on his own teammate while the man he was supposed to be guarding, Heat newbie Luol Deng, popped for the open corner jumper (that he subsequently air balled)....

Both of these players are stars of their respective teams. Lebron currently plays for the Los Angeles Lakers and is often considered the best basketball player in the world and regarded by some as the greatest player of all time whereas Durant plies his trade for the Golden State Warriors and has won back-to-back championships in 2017 and 2018. Over the last five years or so, there’s been a huge ongoing debate about who is better, Durant or James....

The Lakers pulled off a memorable coup with the signing of superstar James on a four-year, $154million contract, ending his stay at the Cleveland Cavaliers whom he helped to four consecutive NBA Finals. During his stay at the Cavs, and previous team the Miami Heat, James’ influence extended off the court and Lakers great Johnson – now the franchise’s president – sees no reason why that should be any different in Los Angeles....

James only needed until the third quarter of game five of the Eastern Conference Finals against the Boston Celtics on Thursday to reach the 28 points he required for the milestone. The 32-year-old three-time NBA champion had 20 points, seven rebounds and seven assists in a stellar first half at TD Garden. His 29 points took him past Jordan and onto 5,989 postseason points. Jordan (5,987 points) is now second on the list, ahead of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (5,762), Kobe Bryant (5,640) and Shaquille O’Neal (5,250)....

NBA LEAGUE PASS: Sign up to unlock live out-of-market games (7-day free trial) Sitting at the top of the Western Conference standings, three games clear of the Golden State Warriors, the Suns took care of a Nets team that didn’t go down lightly, but in the end, didn’t have enough firepower without Kevin Durant to overcome a rampant Phoenix team. Devin Booker led the way with 35 points, while Chris Paul dished out 14 assists to go with his 20 points....

The PGA Tour event finally got underway in Playa del Carmen after heavy rain led to Thursday’s scheduled play being washed out. Lee, last year’s runner-up, pushed into a one-stroke lead after mixing eight birdies with an eagle and a bogey. The New Zealander holds a lead over American duo Brendon Todd and Adam Long, who opened with fine eight-under 63s. Vaughn Taylor, Mark Hubbard, Zach Johnson and Chris Baker are a shot further back after the opening round....

NEWSWEEK: What do you think of Taiwanese business people being forced to bow to Beijing’s political views? LEE: The old Taiwan used to be that way, the old KMT party was the same way. The Taiwanese businessmen understand. On the surface, the Taiwanese businessmen are duhh-duhh-duhh [pretending to be stupid] but down deep they are not [so naive]… They’re all clear that if they go [to the mainland] and invest, they will be treated in detrimental ways....

Bowden beat a lot of football teams in his 40 years of coaching between West Virginia University and Florida State University. His overall record (including bowl games) was 377-134-5. After the coach was released from the hospital for coronavirus observation, he said this week that “God just wasn’t ready to take me home” yet. “I want to thank all the many many people who were thinking of and praying for me over the last few weeks,” Bowden said in a statement through his son, Tommy....

With the Legends of Runeterra Guardians of the Ancient expansion bringing an entirely new region to the game successfully, Riot then moved on to include Bandle City as a new region in the next expansion. Though Bandle City has been the focal point of recent content, the Magical Misadventures cards being revealed daily vary in their region types. RELATED: Ziggs Custom Skin Brings Genshin Impact’s Klee to League of Legends...

LEGO Builder’s Journey puts players through a series of artistic levels where they must guide a young child to their parent. The game combines orchestral music with intuitive puzzle-based gameplay to create an experience that is poetically captivating. Developed by Light Brick Studio, LEGO Builder’s Journey is an intimate game made by a small team compared to other LEGO games. Game Rant spoke with LEGO Games Creative Director Karsten Lund about working with such a close team, as well as the game’s inspirations and expansion to consoles....

LEGO Builder’s Journey is a very different game compared to most other LEGO titles. The experience is much more subdued than other licensed games, as players go through a series of small levels where they need to use puzzle-solving to guide their character back to their parent. In addition to providing a unique LEGO experience, LEGO Builder’s Journey released on a much smaller scale than previous releases, opting for Apple Arcade exclusivity....

LEGO Star Wars: Best Leia’d Plans Challenges Clear out the detention block guards like a true scoundrel - (When players get to the room where they need to input symbols to open up the door, use a Scoundrel ability to shoot the monitors above the enemies, which will crush them fast and easy) Break the console panel to cut off the Empire Captain - (In the same room as the previous challenge, simply break the panels in the middle of the room that are emitting a signal) Get through the first door without being detected - (Play the level in story mode, and just don’t do anything suspicious to get detected by the guards....

For those that start with Episode 4: A New Hope, the first mission is called Boarding Party, and players will encounter Darth Vader for the first time, and escape out of a ship that’s been taken over by Stormtroopers. This guide will go over how to find all the Minikits in Boarding Party, so players can get closer to achieving 100% completion. RELATED: LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga - How to Enable Mumble Mode...