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I guess the math is even and out.

He's played so many playoff games that maybe this was bound to eventually happen to him, that he'd be a guy that would blow a 3-0 lead.

But insane, unprecedented, 3-0 series lead.

I mean, yeah, you're missing Doncic.

They're missing Kevin Durant.

He went up 3-0.

If he blows it, that's a huge stain.

No team ever has come back from a 3-0 deficit to win a best-of-seven playoff series.

0 for 285 record.

As insane and unprecedented as his season has been at his age.

That's what blowing a 3-0 series lead is in the playoffs in that sport.

It doesn't go at all to Luca.

At all.

It laughs up on one shore, and that's LeBron James.

Because he's playing, though.

If Luka was playing and LeBron was hurt, we wouldn't really be talking about LeBron.

The way that sports media talks about LeBron, no one will talk about Luka being out.

This will all be about LeBron.

And it's so crazy in particular because, what, a month and a half ago when the Lakers were starting to play better basketball, we were praising LeBron for fitting in as the third guy, playing off-ball, cutting, dishing, doing all of the little things.

They were great.