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And LeBron James finds himself in the position when I say he's underappreciated.

Do you realize?

What a disgrace it will be if LeBron James pulls off this season at this age, but it gets punctuated by the fact that he recreated giant expectations by getting up 3-0, and then he becomes the team that coughs up the 3-0 lead because they are limited, and I would think over the course of a series...

With Houston being able to physical somebody, the greatest advantage LeBron James has had over the last 20 seasons is his body holds up throughout the playoffs the way nobody's does, no matter how many miles you put on it.

And it's an unreasonable request at this age to ask him to win one more game by himself in a playoff series that extends when Houston can actually wear you down.

Do you think now that it's worse?

The take was if he wins this playoff series as the oldest player in the league without his two other starters.

You mentioned Reeves, and forgive me because I did say Reeves, and I was asking about how it is that the rest of the team is going to look with Doncic and when it is that he comes back.

because I don't know what you can expect from Reeves in this state, and I don't know if it's fair to keep expecting LeBron James to go 27-7-7, but it is the expectation.

Oh, but the thing that I am saying, though, about the totality of it is you could actually have –

Such a weird season for LeBron James as the oldest player in the league with a still relevant team who is losing his first home closeout game in 18 years.

That season can end in laughter that's historical at LeBron's expense when it has been by any definition.

an insane, unprecedented, magical season from a player of his age.

Like, for that to end in laughter because it collapses at the end, because Doncic couldn't get back in time to save him, it puts stakes on these games that I didn't think we'd have in the first round.

I'm simply stepping back in awe and marveling at the idea that LeBron James can captivate me with stakes in the first round because that's where we are on, oh, people are going to lose their mind here.

If this is how this goes, while he's giving the eight city interview to Dave McMenamin, when he's saying that people don't have to compare me to Jordan all the time and only shit on me.

What if we lose this?

I don't know what Durant's status is.

He's out game six.

And so we can have a game seven in L.A.