{"id":416991,"date":"2023-02-21T00:39:25","date_gmt":"2023-02-21T05:39:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/ca\/?post_type=news&#038;p=416991"},"modified":"2023-02-22T14:54:45","modified_gmt":"2023-02-22T19:54:45","slug":"james-ready-to-play-in-every-single-one-of-remaining-23-games","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/james-ready-to-play-in-every-single-one-of-remaining-23-games\/","title":{"rendered":"James ready to play in &#8220;every single one&#8221; of remaining 23 games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James said that he is fully committed to helping the team making this year\u2019s playoffs.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201c23 of the most important regular season games of my career.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>LEBRON IS LOCKED IN ON THIS PLAYOFF PUSH \ud83d\udcaf <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hXq9apsf2N\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/hXq9apsf2N<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Lakers All Day Everyday (@LADEig) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LADEig\/status\/1627432152689414144?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">February 19, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese are 23 of the most important games of my career for a regular season,\u201d James said. \u201cI\u2019m going to figure out ways to make sure I\u2019m available and on the floor for every single one of these 23 games.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The four-time NBA champion has suffered his fair share of injuries this season and recently injured his hand during the 2023 All-Star game.<\/p>\n<p>James&#8217; health has always been of the utmost importance for this team and its success. Prior to All-Star weekend, he was sidelined due to a left ankle injury that was still causing him some pain.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, the King remains determined in his aspirations to see the postseason even in his 20th year in the league.<\/p>\n<p>The Lakers are currently at the No. 13 seed in the Western Conference and 3.5 games behind the No. 6 seed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to make a push to make the playoffs,\u201d James said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI see myself not being kept out of the postseason two years straight. That\u2019s not part of my DNA. We\u2019re sitting here talking about the record, things of that nature, but I\u2019m more passionate about trying to make the postseason and give ourselves a chance to compete for another Larry O\u2019Brien Trophy.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That\u2019s just who I am. That\u2019s what I\u2019m cut from.\u201d If the Lakers hope to avoid the Play-In Tournament they will have to turn it all the way up to earn the No. 6 spot.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As the end of the regular season comes to a close, the Play-In Tournament may be a more reasonable goal, tough. Every game will hold the most significant value for the Lakers.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James said that he is fully committed to helping the team making this year\u2019s playoffs. \u201c23 of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4224,"featured_media":395745,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[17209,16972,16970],"news_category":[16706],"gn_keywords":[],"acf":{"announce":"Lakers star fully committed to helping the team making the playoffs","video":[]},"rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_robots":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_facebook_title":"","rank_math_facebook_description":"","rank_math_facebook_image":"","rank_math_twitter_title":"","rank_math_twitter_description":"","rank_math_twitter_image":"","rank_math_snippet_shortcode":"","rank_math_primary_category":"","rankmath_seo":{"focus_keyword":"","description":"","title":"","canonical_url":"","robots":"","facebook":{"title":"","description":"","image":""},"twitter":{"title":"","description":"","image":""}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/416991"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4224"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=416991"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/416991\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/395745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=416991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=416991"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=416991"},{"taxonomy":"gn_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gn_keywords?post=416991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}