LeBron James: “I want to push to reach the play-offs”

The Lakers have had a difficult start to the season (27 wins, 32 losses) and only occupy 13th place in the Western Conference. They are one victory behind Oklahoma City (two games less), for the 10th and last qualifying place for the play-in meetings (dam). And they are four successes behind the Dallas Mavericks (one more game), who occupy sixth place, the last which guarantees a place in the play-offs.

“I hope I can find a way to make sure I’m available on the pitch every night for those 23 games to give us a chance.“, said the four-time NBA champion. “I don’t want to see myself not participating in the post-season for two years in a row. It’s not part of my DNA“, underlined the one who became at 38 the best scorer in the history of the league at the beginning of the month.

“This is the type of mindset I have and I hope the guys will have when they come back from the break“James missed three games with a left foot injury before returning last Wednesday.”I feel pretty good“, he revealed: “the most important thing for me right now is to maintain my health and be available for my teammates after this break because we have to push hard if we want to achieve something special“.

“I was always confident in all the clubs I was in, once (…) entered the play-offs, that we could compete with anyone and I do not feel a difference now“, also added James, who once again affirmed that he would like to own an NBA team one day, ideally during the creation of a new franchise in Las Vegas.