The Phoenix Suns beat the Los Angeles Lakers last night, 113-100, winning the series 4-2. LeBron James had his best effort of the series scoring 29 points. James also played his most minutes of the series in the losing effort.
The Lakers
loss not only ends the season but it also posses the question, Is this the beginning
of the end for LeBron James?
James has
played 16 seasons and has numerous accolades to show for it. Love him or hate him, he is considered one of
the best to ever play the game. But, the
Suns did something to him that has never been done before, being eliminated in
the first round of the playoffs.
A LeBron led
team had never lost in the first round of the playoffs, combine that with his
age and the fact that the Lakers didn’t look good all season and you truly have
to ask the question. The other thing to
consider is this, more and more teams are developing players and building teams,
ie: Phoenix, Utah and Denver, taking away the free agent frenzy that has
superstars deciding to create super teams.
Lebron may
not be done and many can argue that he dealt with a severe ankle injury all
season long that slowed him and his team down.
But, as I said earlier he is not getting any younger and these injuries
will start to catch up with him.
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