LOS ANGELES – LeBron James Weekend at the Staples Center was a dud on and off the court: Cleveland’s four-time MVP jogged through a pair of double-digit losses, then passed on flirting with a Lakers franchise that has been endlessly linked to him in rumors.
Fans who turned out in a rainbow of James jerseys—from high school green to Olympic white to Cleveland black to custom-made Laker gold—had to settle for flashes of brilliance rather than one of his signature takeovers. Here, on Friday, a pump fake at the arc that sent Clippers center DeAndre Jordan flying and opened the paint for a dunk on Friday.