LOS ANGELES – Maybe it was the right match-up or the right look. Maybe it was due to a desire not to let a two-game skid become three. Or maybe LeBron James just worked out that the best way to win games is to simply take care of it himself.
As this season wears on James, the Los Angeles Lakers – and maybe the rest of the Western Conference – may have cause to reflect upon Thursday night, because while it’s impossible to predict what comes next, it certainly looked like a shift in mindset that could prove lasting.
Give me the ball, James’ body language screamed as the pivotal moment of the team’s eventual 104-96 victory over the Indiana Pacers arrived. And get out of my way.
The Lakers did, and the Pacers couldn’t stop him. Of L.A.’s final 15 points, James scored 12 and set up a Kentavious Caldwell-Pope triple for the remainder. That spurt came after the Pacers had impressively responded from a whopping 23-point early lead – the Lakers’ biggest first quarter lead for 14 years – to narrow the gap to one.
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