MEMPHIS, Tenn. — LeBron James glared at the Lakers bench, another chance squandered, another run from the Grizzlies delivered.
There wasn’t much else he could do Wednesday night on the final game of the Lakers’ first road trip. He’d attacked mismatches. He’d swished home triples. He fought like hell with Memphis’ giant front line.
His team was short-handed. Anthony Davis’ heel contusion, an injury he suffered Monday in Detroit, kept him out of action. An illness did the same to Rui Hachimura.
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Unlike the losses in Cleveland and Detroit that ensured this trip would be a clunker, this wasn’t about fight.