And then the game starts.

How do you think if it all it impacted the first quarter?

And how did that impact the game?

Uh, it's just weird on all fastest beyond.

It's just a weird day, Um, you know, celebrating historic moment with our franchise and the story around what we did last year and then happen to do it without our family and friends and our fans just, uh, just a weird day and oh, no and then having to get straight through competition.

Basketball?

Um, just just just a weird day.

Sally's anything stand out initially, just from the basketball in this game.

Well, obviously way didn't play to what we wanted to do in the first quarter and then came out like gangbusters.

And it isn't amount, which was perfectly fine because they were staying and get back into the game.

Make a game out of it, and they did a good job of closing the third quarter out and kind of spread that legally, we weren't there to get back into the game after that.

But this game one of the first test for us, we literally been together for nine days.

A za full group got from returning guys, but we got a lot of new pieces that's gonna play a big role in our our success this year.

So we look forward to watching the film tomorrow and get better from tonight.

They Dave, you need to come off mute, Dave.

Thanks, Lebron.

Uh, you call it a weird day, but certainly when we saw you walk away from center court holding the ring, marveling at the details of it did you get appreciation for there's, you know, a ton of references to what you guys went through last season.

17 Amethyst for 17 championships, 9.95 carats for 95 days in the bubble.

Could you speak about the ring?

I mean, it was just a combination of what we've been through, you know, in 2019, 20 no.

So many so many ups and downs.

A lot of adversity.

Um, there's so many storylines and so many things that happened both good and bad for our franchise.

Um, you know, for that Teoh Common cultivate the whole season, bringing it into all one moment to be able to celebrate that moment with my teammates and our franchise.

Like I said, uh, it was a pretty cool feeling.

But at the end of the day, you would definitely love to be ableto do that with fans.

Do that with our family, our friends, because they play a sacrifice to that as well, you know, throughout the whole season.

So, um, you know, like I said, happy to be a part of it, but bittersweet for sure.

Dan.

Hey, lebron, um, you mentioned sort of the weirdness, so the day it's only about 72.

Since you guys won that trophy that was at center court.

Um, that's part of the reason why I'm sure you're minutes were what they were tonight.

How weird is that?

Um, To be the start of the season and not really turning the engine and pushing the gas all the way or even more so than you normally would.

Yeah, you know, I'm, uh another day is over with, uh, very proud of what he was able to accomplish.

Um, I'm excited to move onto the next day.

Like I said, it was It was just even felt weird just having a basketball game today, you know?

You know me personally, Probably for a lot of other guys, but I'm happy was able to get our foot underneath.

Was happy.

Was able to get back on the floor.

We know you know what this season is gonna you know, Intel.

But now we can move on.

You know, we could move on from last year.

Season.

It was a hell of a run for us in 1920 but now we could focus on 2021.

So, um, you look forward to that.

Speaking of, uh, sorry, e just gonna say, speaking of feet, how's the ankle?

Um, it seemed like it got caught up underneath you a little bit.

Yeah, I did.

Um, I turned it pretty good, but I don't think it's gonna stop me from I'm playing on Friday.

So got a couple of days.

You know, obviously you know how I am about treatments.

I'll do that around the clock.

And e think I should be fine.

A LeBron to two questions.

First of all, you had your phone on the court with you during the ring ceremony.

Were you face timing somebody or what?

Were you?

Yeah.

FaceTime my wife.

First she I want her to be a part of that for sure.

Um, she didn't ask her phone on deny.

FaceTime.

My mom, my mom answered.

And, uh um, I'll show my mom what we were doing at that point in time, Even though it was on television, I kind of just wanted her to be a part of it in the best way, shape or form of her actually being there s o.

I was on the phone, my mom all the way up until, you know, the ring started going.

I could kind of pay attention to my team.

Agency was going on a jumbotron, but that was a pretty cool, pretty cool feeling for being personal.

And then the second question just was It was it, is it?

Is it just hard to be back at Game one and a starting line?

You know, given that last year was everything that it was, it was such a marathon in 13 months to get the mountaintop.

It's just hard for you to process starting over.

It's not the fact that it's starting over is the fact that it's here already.

Um, I've always had a routine of how I prepare going into a season, Um, after a finals run or after a playoff run, knowing the amount of time that I kind of have, um, Thio for my body from my mind, Um, you know, for a team that we're gonna be, um And it was just so much uncertainty of when we're going to start the season how we're going to start the season.

Is it gonna be December?

Is it gonna be early?

December is gonna be Christmas is gonna be January is gonna be all these other things and damn boom December 1st training camp.

First game of the season is happening on the 2020 seconds.

So it was just a lot I can't even see here in like it was just it was too much to kind of grasp eso, but we're in it now.

Like I said, I'm happy today is you know it is over with, and we could focus on the season.

But there's just a lot.

It's a lot of process.

Okay.

Last two questions.

Um, problem.

Hey, Lebron.

Um you know, Frank has talked about, you know, you want to make more conservative decisions.

Um, with you and a D, especially just in this early part of the season.

Um, I've you checked out with about eight minutes left or so Can you imagine some situations in the next couple weeks where you know, the Lakers air trying to reduce your minutes to make sure that you're staying safe.

But you also feel like you might want to go into a game.

Yeah, that's gonna be, you know, it'll be a balance on.

Obviously, Coach decided.

Meteo coach and my trainer Mike decided to hold me out Those last eight minutes.

One the kind of game.

You know, we kind of got down 13.

They were.

They were on the floor, they were flowing, and they had a moment more than we had and also had just turned my ankle as well.

So, you know, they made the judgment to hold me out.

There will be games where there will be a fine line.

Uh, Orwell balance of Okay.

Should I go back in?

If I'm at that minutes from high in minutes or, you know, should I stay out?

So now that's what communication is all about.

Between myself and, you know, coach on Mike as well.

So it's game by game.

Last question.

Rachel.

Hey, Lebron.

What are you gonna do with your ankle?

You've had so many ankle turns over the years.

What is your routine?

To get it ready for Friday.

I'll go home and have dinner right now and, uh, how I sit.

And, uh, and I'll drink some wine on the floor, right to the ankle.

My recovery I can have.

Uh yeah, I'll make sure I drink on the left side of my body.

So it just goes right down to my left leg, right down to my, uh, I'll be around the clock.

I'll wake up tomorrow morning before I leave the house and also get support treatment.

And then it's time at the facility as well.

Just continue to do that.

You know, we have a couple of days.

So, like I said, I feel like I'll be fine.

Thank you.

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