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  • Oh, meanwhile, the Lakers beat the thunder for the second time in a row to extend their six game winning streak.

  • Is LeBron James hit a game tying three late in regulation?

  • Then, you know he stopped toe.

  • Stop the team in overtime with the defense there for L.

  • A.

  • Against The Thunder James's line.

  • It featured 25.7 assists and six rebounds in that one point win after his minutes were down big time in January.

  • Quite a different story so far this season, I shouldn't say.

  • This month.

  • LeBron leads the MBA with nearly 41 minutes per game.

  • According to Elias, 36 year old LeBron is the oldest player in league history to play in three straight overtime games.

  • He's been Ella's leading score each time off the jumps.

  • Rachel Nichols joining us now with much more on this story.

  • So Rachel I mentioned his minutes were down after the first five weeks of the season.

  • What's the level of concern for the Lakers with LeBron's minutes going up this month?

  • The truth is, whatever the Lakers level of concern is, it doesn't really matter because this is LeBron James decision and you know that as well as all the other fans out there.

  • And look, LeBron knows his body better than anyone.

  • He's earned the right to make these kinds of choices, and he is also aware by the way that he is leading the M V P race right now.

  • Our colleague over at ESPN dot com Tim Bontemps does an annual straw poll at this time a year.

  • He surveys voters on who they're thinking of voting for right now, and LeBron is leading the race by quite a bit over Joel Embiid and Nikolay Yokich.

  • LeBron has heard in the past when he thought he should be winning M v P, that the perception of him coasting during the regular season, taking games off for maintenance.

  • That hurt his chances.

  • We found out last year after he lost out to Yanis just how badly he would like to win 1/5 MVP, and I think he is pretty determined to play as much as he can this year.

  • Well, they're rolling right now.

  • Let's go to the Eastern Conference, and it's a completely different story for the team that met the Lakers in the finals a year ago.

  • The heat Now they've won three games in a row, but there's still 10 and 14 overall currently outside the playoff picture there on the road in Houston tonight to face the Rockets as they start a seven game road trip.

  • Racial?

  • What's the outlook for them to turn things around right now?

  • Well, look, you're showing highlights from the game they played against the Knicks the other night.

  • Not quite at the level of the nineties Heat Knicks rivalry that I missed so much.

  • But it was really fun, and it was a reminder of what this Heat team can be.

  • They had such a difficult start.

  • One of the teams that has been hardest hit by coronavirus early in the season, Jimmy Butler missed about three weeks.

  • He lost £12 in about a week while he was dealing with Cove it through the entire team off bam!

  • Out of Bio, also adjusting to the fact that everyone knows he's coming this year.

  • Everyone is looking for him, but they do seem like they're finding their rhythm again.

  • And as you mentioned, they're not just out of the playoff picture right now.

  • They're not even in contention for the play in game that the N B A.

  • Is gonna have it the end of this season.

  • But I do expect that to change.

  • And as we saw last year, this is a team very comfortable playing from behind.

  • They play from behind and have one in a lot of games in themselves.

  • But they also have played from behind in the playoff bracket.

  • As you remember, they were the lower seed when they met the Bucks in the second round.

  • They were the lower seed in the conference finals and, of course, in the finals as well.

  • But they know how to play from behind.

  • They're gonna have to again this season, and the graphic we posted really said it all about Jimmy Butler.

  • This team is three and nine when he's not on the court, seven and five when he's playing.

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Oh, meanwhile, the Lakers beat the thunder for the second time in a row to extend their six game winning streak.

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entire

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UK /ɪn'taɪə(r)/

  • adjective
  • Complete or full; with no part left out; whole
  • (Botany) Having a smooth edge, without teeth or divisions.
  • Undivided; not shared or distributed.
  • Whole; complete; with nothing left out.
perception

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UK /pəˈsepʃn/

  • noun
  • Way in which one sees or understands something
  • A way of regarding, understanding, or interpreting something; a belief or opinion.
  • The ability to see, hear, or become aware of something through the senses.
  • other
  • A belief or opinion, often held by many people.
  • other
  • Intuitive understanding and insight.
  • The ability to see, hear, or become aware of something through the senses.
rhythm

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UK /ˈrɪðəm/

  • other
  • A regularly repeated pattern of events.
  • A strong, regular repeated pattern of sounds or movements.
  • A strong, regular repeated pattern of sounds or movements.
  • other
  • The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry.
  • The way that something happens at regular intervals.
  • A regularly repeated sequence of events.
  • The pattern of musical sounds, especially when repeated regularly.
  • A regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry.
  • The way that something happens at regular intervals.
  • other
  • A regular pattern of change or development.
  • noun
  • Pattern of events, motions, or changes
  • A pattern of sound and beats in music
determine

US /dɪˈtɚmɪn/

UK /dɪ'tɜ:mɪn/

  • verb
  • Be a deciding factor in
  • To control exactly how something will be or act
  • To officially decide (something) especially because of evidence or facts; to control or influence directly; to find out or establish exactly, as a result of research or calculation.
  • To establish the facts about; discover
  • other
  • To cause (something) to occur in a particular way or to have a particular nature.
  • To officially decide (something) as the result of evidence or facts; to establish exactly, typically as a result of research or calculation.
  • To find out or establish precisely as a result of research or calculation.
  • To find out or establish exactly, usually as a result of research or calculation.
  • To be the deciding factor in; to control or influence directly.
  • other
  • To decide firmly on a course of action; to resolve.
aware

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UK /əˈwɛə/

  • adjective
  • Knowing or feeling that something exists
expect

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UK /ɪk'spekt/

  • verb
  • To believe something is probably going to happen
  • other
  • To anticipate or believe that something will happen or someone will arrive.
  • To believe that something will happen or is likely to happen.
  • To require something from someone as a duty or obligation.
feature

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  • Distinctive or important point of something
  • A part of the face, such as the eyes, nose, or mouth.
  • A full-length film intended as the main item in a movie program.
  • adjective
  • Main; important
  • verb
  • To highlight or give special importance to
  • other
  • To give prominence to; to present or promote as a special or important item.
conference

US /ˈkɑnfərəns, -frəns/

UK /ˈkɒnfərəns/

  • noun
  • Series of lectures held as an event
  • A formal meeting for consultations, discussion, or exchange of information.
  • A telephone call by which several people in different locations can speak to each other at the same time.
  • A formal meeting for discussion or exchange of views.
  • A group of sports teams that play games against each other.
  • A group of sports teams that play each other regularly.
  • An association of US sports teams
  • other
  • To hold a discussion; consult.
regular

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UK /ˈregjələ(r)/

  • adjective
  • Conforming to a principle or rule.
  • Doing something often; habitual
  • Having an equal amount of space or time in between
  • Following the normal pattern of inflection.
  • Belonging to a permanent army rather than a reserve or militia.
  • Normal; typical
  • Having parts or features arranged in a symmetrical or consistent way.
  • Occurring or being done frequently
  • Recurring at fixed intervals.
  • Symmetrical or well-proportioned
  • Of medium size.
  • Being normal, usual, or average
  • Usual or ordinary.
  • noun
  • A person who frequently visits a place or does something.
  • A full-time member of a group or organization
  • A person who frequently visits a place or does something.
  • Customers who frequently visit a place
  • Soldier who has a permanent job in the army
concern

US /kənˈsɚn/

UK /kənˈsɜ:n/

  • other
  • To relate to; to be about.
  • To relate to; be about.
  • verb
  • To be about a particular topic
  • To have a direct impact on someone
  • To be responsible or mixed up in; to be involved
  • To feel worry or anxiety
  • noun
  • Company, firm or business
  • Something that is important or of interest.
  • A matter of interest or importance to one.
  • Feeling of worry or anxiety
  • other
  • Interest or regard for someone or something.
  • A feeling of worry or anxiety.
  • other
  • To be of interest or importance to.
  • To involve oneself in something.