Lakers suddenly have a deep roster to pick up the slack when the star

Lakers suddenly have a deep roster to pick up the slack when the stars struggle

LOS ANGELES — LeBron James set the stakes for the last 23

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rounds of the Lakers' normal season during his media accessibility

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at Top pick end of the week. "It's 23 of the main rounds of my vocation —

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for an ordinary season," James told columnists Sunday. "It's the kind of outlook

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that I have, and I trust the folks will have, returning off the break."

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In their most memorable game back from the one-week break, the

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Lakers executed James' mandates, overcoming the Brilliant State

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