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LeBron's Lakers Were the Perfect Team to Win the Bubble Championship

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LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- On the night when the NBA’s most glamorous franchise won the league’s least glamorous championship, the sport’s biggest star did the grunt work. LeBron James had given self-care his best shot in the bubble. He had one of the two big suites on the Lakers’ floor at the Gran Destino, two doors down from Anthony Davis.