LOS ANGELES -- As bleak as things might seem for the Lakers after Tuesday's 109-104 loss to the Dallas Mavericks -- their 10th defeat in their last 13 games -- dropped Los Angeles just two games away from falling out of the play-in tournament altogether, LeBron James insisted he won't give up on the season.
"We still have games to play," he said after the Mavs finished the game on a 15-4 run in the final seven and a half minutes of the fourth quarter to win it. "Until you stomp me out, cut my head off, bury me 12 feet under, then I got a chance.