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The deciding NBA title game drew 5.6 million viewers. That was less than half of what a hum-drum NFL game drew on the same Sunday night as the Lakers won. Meanwhile, the Los Angeles Dodgers drew 9.66 million viewers during their Game 7 win in the National League Championship Series just a week later. It wasn’t even the best Los Angeles draw that night. James wants “damn respect,” but here are the ratings, compared by each Sunday:...

During the first quarter of Thursday night’s game between the Cavs and Trail Blazers, James annihilated Jusuf Nurkic with one of the most powerful dunks of his career. James drove past Al-Farouq Aminu and took off from just outside the lane, rising up and throwing down an insane one-handed slam on Nurkic’s head. MORE: How LeBron’s decision will impact MJ comparisons The lesson? Never jump, and definitely don’t jump when LeBron is coming at you....

James scored 14 points in the final period, leading Cleveland to a 105-100 come-from-behind win over Portland. He finished the night with 33 points on 14-for-24 shooting, 10 rebounds and three blocks. MORE: The East’s top five teams | Watch Steph Curry throw down a sick 180 dunk James could not have been happy after the Cavs fell behind 18 points in the first half. Damian Lillard (33 points, six assists, six rebounds) played a big role, but he was no match for No....

“Of course you question it, especially when you get to this point,” the Cavaliers forward said after the Warriors won Game 6 and the title. “I always look at it, would you rather not make the playoffs or lose in the Finals? I don’t know. I don’t know. I’ve missed the playoffs twice. I’ve lost in the Finals four times. I’m almost starting to be like, ‘Oh, I’d rather not make the playoffs than lose in the Finals....

The injury, which was initially reported as “knee swelling,” first kept James out of the Lakers’ road loss to the 76ers on Jan. 27. After James’ knee did not respond well to pre-game workouts, he left the team’s road trip early and returned to Los Angeles in order to receive an MRI and more treatment on his knee. MORE: The latest on LeBron’s knee injury While the MRI revealed no structural damage in James’ knee, it did reveal “general swelling” that will hold James out for the foreseeable future....

More than three decades later, another Lakers star is nearing Abdul-Jabbar’s incredible mark. LeBron James is on pace to pass Abdul-Jabbar and widen the gap between the two basketball legends before the end of the 2022-23 season. How many more points does James need? And when is he projected to become the NBA’s all-time leading scorer? Let’s run through the latest numbers. SIGN UP TO WATCH EVERY GAME ON NBA LEAGUE PASS: U....

“That’s probably the biggest challenge of my career,” the now-Cavaliers star said after Game 4 vs. the Warriors. “Game 5 at Golden State is not that big when it comes to going to Boston, and you lose multiple times in that arena, and the franchise that I was with at the time had never won a playoff game in Boston. Now that’s pretty challenging.” MORE: Warriors only need one more | Must-see photos from the NBA Finals...

Leeds United come into this game on the back of a 2-1 win over Scott Parker’s Fulham ten days ago at Craven Cottage. Goals from star striker Patrick Bamford and Brazilian winger Raphinha ensured victory for Marcelo Bielsa’s Leeds United. Danish centre-back Joachim Andersen scored the consolation goal for Fulham. Sheffield United, on the other hand, lost 2-0 to Thomas Tuchel’s Chelsea at Stamford Bridge in the quarter-finals of the FA Cup....

The Legion Phone Duel 2 is Lenovo’s second-gen eccentric gaming phone, with twin batteries and the side-mounted selfie camera now joined by an RGB panel on the phone’s rear. Should Asus be running scared? Meanwhile Nokia has launched a selection of six brand-new phones amid a massive revamp of its phone branding that drops the decimals and introduces C, G, and X ranges – alongside its own new mobile network....

While LEGO DC Super-Villains makes virtually no effort to evolve the established LEGO games formula, it does at least one thing different, and that is put new focus on the player-created custom character. The games have allowed players to create their own characters for years, but these characters have never been featured parts of the story. That’s different this time around, with the custom character serving a key role in the plot alongside the many other playable characters in the game....

Naturally, The Skywalker Saga features famous Star Wars characters like Darth Vader and Obi-Wan Kenobi, but for many months, Traveller’s Tales has also signaled its willingness to include some weirder characters. The studio confirmed that Star Wars Episode 9: The Rise of Skywalker’s Babu Frik would be playable in The Skywalker Saga a long time ago. What’s more, recent trailers and teasers have showcased playable characters who traditionally haven’t been playable in LEGO Star Wars due to unorthodox designs or general obscurity....

However, the trailer revealed more than the way players fight in The Skywalker Saga. It also provided a bit of insight on what makes the new fighting styles worth using. The trailer suggests the game is stepping up the variety of enemies that players will encounter, as it seems like Travellers’ Tales wants to offer a new level of challenge to LEGO Star Wars players and make them think more about how specific enemy types behave, and how they can use The Skywalker Saga’s combat enhancements to take down foes....

The tears shed by goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel summed up the mood as a huge banner, a Thai flag with “RIP Vichai” and the Leicester badge, was unfurled before the English Premier League game at Cardiff. Somehow, though, Schmeichel and his teammates managed to put their collective grief to one side to focus on the football for 90 minutes and grind out a 1-0 victory. There was a united feeling before the game when two big banners were pushed around the ground by both sets of fans....

Saturday’s 2-0 win over Arsenal saw the Foxes show flashes of their best, but in reality they could have humiliated their visitors had they been as good as they can be. That’s a damning indictment of the standard this Arsenal team is playing at. Brendan Rodgers’ men wasted some fine opportunities, lacking perhaps the clinical nature that often typifies them in attack, while defensively Arsenal were afforded few chances of their own....

The Cityzens have bounced back from their loss to Manchester United with four consecutive wins across all competitions. That makes for an impressive run of four wins in the last five Premier League outings. They will hope to exact revenge against the Foxes, who outclassed them 5-2 in the reverse fixture. Leicester took full advantage of Manchester City’s early-season troubles. Should they pull off an upset in this match, it would be Leicester’s first league double over Man City since 1986-87....

WATCH: Payet scores facing the wrong way That’s exactly what one fan did when he went to TGI Fridays on Sunday evening and saw striker Leigh Griffiths – but he probably didn’t expect a reply! The Twitter user took a selfie when he noticed the 26-year-old was sitting behind him, circling the forward and Tweeting: “@Leighgriff09 joining me an the bird for a TGI’s #goals” Griffiths, who has found himself behind Moussa Dembele in the pecking order in Brendan Rodgers’ side in recent times, offered a brilliant reply in kind, performing the same cheeky stunt....

Christophe Lemaitre lunged for the line to edge out French compatriot Jimmy Vicaut and retain his European 100m title here on Thursday. The 22-year-old followed up his 2010 Barcelona win in a time of 10.09sec, with Vicaut claiming silver in 10.12. Norway’s Saidy Ndure (10.17) came in third. Tension was high at the start after two false starts. Sent off at the third attempt Lemaitre made up ground to overhaul Vicaut and snatch victory with only five of the eight runners finishing....

The president may actually make both sides happy. When Bill Clinton announces his welfare-reform program later this month, he will launch a massive (at least $400 million) pub-lic campaign against out-of-wedlock births. Some – $100 million – will go for liberal ““youth development’’ experiments, but the bulk of the money will be devoted to a conservative strategy that sounds insufferably pious, but – according to evidence gathered over a decade from several programs – actually seems to be having an impact: counseling abstinence....

Even LeBron James — hailed by many as the greatest player of this generation — says he’s in awe of Durant’s skill set. James heaped praise on the Thunder’s 6-9 All-Star forward after the Cavaliers’ shootaround ahead of Thursday’s matchup between the two teams in Cleveland. The two-time NBA champion said the Durantula could be the NBA’s greatest scorer when it’s all said and done. MORE: NBA’s top scorers of all-time | J....

Last week, the three-time NBA champion and four-time MVP tweeted he had a “basketball Jones.” Of course, he’s been working out. (Who hasn’t seen James’ hilarious selfie dance breaks between sets in the weight room?) But there’s no replacement for honing your skills in some good old-fashioned 5-on-5 against formidable competition. NBA TRADE RUMORS: Cavs targeting Kristaps Porzingis in Kyrie Irving deal James got it in a star-studded full-court run, battling against Kevin Durant and Carmelo Anthony as well as the likes of Cavaliers guards J....