LeBron James had never spent six weeks without playing basketball since he made it to the NBA. Thatās how durable heās been throughout his entire career and a true testament to how important heās for the Los Angeles Lakers.
His team couldnāt find consistency without him, which is normal considering heās the primary ball-handler and scorer for them. Needless to say, they were pretty excited to have him back on the lineup before the start of the playoffs.
However, The Kingās return didnāt go as expected, as they couldnāt even beat the Sacramento Kings at home. Even worse, James had the chance to hit the game-winning shot but bricked it badly. Obviously, that fueled countless reactions on social media.
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LeBron Opens Up On His 20-Game Absence
āIt was horrible, honestly, for me,ā LeBron said afterthe game. āI was more stressful than Iāve ever been. I would say the first couple weeks were pretty good, cause I didnāt travel much as the injury and the swelling was happeningā¦ I was able to stay home and be with my family, so that was very rewarding. But as far as watching the games and not being able to play and sitting on the bench and knowing that you canāt make much of a difference, itās very stressful.ā
āYou guys couldāve seen the long minutes and hours per day that I was doing as far as rehabbing and treatment. It was a lot more than I slept. So over the last six weeks, thatās all Iāve been doing is having urgency to get back and play,ā he concluded.
Right now, the most important thing for him is to be healthy and get back into rhythm and playing shape ahead of the playoffs, but it wouldāve been great to see him knocking down that game-winning shot in his return.
