“I think after the deadline, I think they were able to relax,” James, who finished with a triple-double, said of his young teammates. “I think it just played a lot with their minds a little bit, and then after the 3 o’clock deadline, we all knew this is who we have and who’s going to be around. So, they were able to lock in and even with BI [Brandon Ingram] not shooting the ball extremely well tonight, his defense on Kyrie [Irving] and throughout on a lot of those guys was exceptional, and then Kuz [Kyle Kuzma] in the second half was tremendous. They are going to be big for us down the stretch.”

Source: Los Angeles Times February 08, 2019 03:54 UTC