LeBron James only logged 29 minutes for the Lakers in his team’s Tuesday night loss against Nuggets to start the season. Apparently, the limited amount of minutes was part of the plan and will be used going forward.
After the 119–107 loss, Lakers coach Darvin Ham explained his decision to play James less than 30 minutes.
“It’s easy with him to get caught up in the emotion of the game and you tend to forget you want to play these long stretches, but in order for him to be as effective as possible, we have to be mindful of the minute output and how long his stretches are,” Ham said, per ESPN.
