1. LeBron James records a 30-point triple-double
LeBron James has been okay thus far in the bubble. He had a solid first game that included a fantastic game-winning putback dunk as well as an excellent, genius, defensive stand against both Kawhi Leonard and Paul George to seal the game.
Against the Raptors, he was not as great. Although the box score still suggests he did just fine, he did turn the ball over four times, played uninspired defense at times and still only scored 20 points.
James is going to have his best game of the bubble thus far against the Utah Jazz and is going to go-off following a poor showing with a 30-point triple-double. He got close to that already this season against Utah with a 32-10-7 game.
There are two reasons for this train of thought. First is LeBron’s desire to rebound after a tough loss and remind everyone that the Lakers are the team to beat in the West. Second is that Anthony Davis is going to have another iffy game, so expect LeBron to take on more of the workload.
Davis was not good against Toronto at all and was playing too passive at times. I think he will be better and be more aggressive against Utah, but with Rudy Gobert protecting the rim, he still is going to have a mediocre game for his standards.