After All That, LeBron Wins It Again
The Lead
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🗓️ 13 October 2020
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
After the longest season in NBA history -- and perhaps the most difficult -- LeBron James and the Lakers hoisted the Larry O’Brien trophy on Sunday night. The Athletic’s Bill Oram joins us to reflect on what this title means to 35-year-old LeBron and to a Lakers organization that did everything in its power to get him and his right hand man, Anthony Davis, after years of controversy and dysfunction.
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| 0:31.0 | On Sunday night, after the longest season in NBA history, LeBron James and the Lakers |
| 0:37.8 | hoisted the Lario Bryan trophy. |
| 0:40.0 | The Los Angeles Lakers are the NBA's 2019-20 champions. |
| 0:48.0 | Today, the Athletics Bill Orham on what this title means to 35-year-old LeBron and the |
| 0:53.9 | Lakers organization. |
| 0:55.7 | It feels like there is more to come in the legacy and story of LeBron James. |
| 0:59.7 | Maybe it's not more championships, but you certainly now think that that is possible. |
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| 1:10.2 | It's Tuesday, October 13th, and this is The Lead. |
| 1:14.0 | It felt like something great was happening. |
| 1:18.2 | There was just something about the emotion and that moment. |
| 1:22.3 | The days of the past don't matter because we've got this now. |
| 1:26.3 | This isn't a story where the interview, the athlete, and the home, it stays with you. |
| 1:38.6 | Well so Bill, let's start by breaking down this absolutely dominant Lakers performance in |
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