Some might say we have depth and we LeBron playing the entire game means something is wrong or we won’t be able to preserve him for playoffs. Which granted valid points, but I don’t know man. We had a run, the atmosphere was awesome. There was a shift in momentum, we were only down 4 points and suddenly LeBron gets pulled out. I understand minute restrictions, but it’s the 1st game against the current defending champions. Maybe you 6-8 more minutes won’t hurt, imagine beating them in their home court. I would have just wanted some flexibility, a little bit of that “feel” on the game. I think removing LeBron knocked the wind out of our sails, well at least Prince played amazing. On to the next game then!
If we need 39 year old LeBron to be playing 30+ minutes every game to be competitive we’re not winning anything.