BOSTON — The Lakers are spending their third consecutive night in Boston before heading over to Cleveland on Saturday, but Phil Jackson was already preparing — at least for purposes of public consumption — some notions when it comes to LeBron James.
Speaking about James’ home-court advantage with the fans (and then the referees) in Cleveland, Jackson said:
“They all wear No. 23 and help him throw that (expletive) up in the air when he’s at the scorer’s desk. He gets away with murder, on top of it, on his home court.”
And I thought I should’ve made my needling of James’ icky chalk-dust tradition at the scorer’s table more light-hearted!
The Cavs are 23-0 and with No. 23’s help at Quicken Loans Arena this season. The Lakers had the game there in hand last season before blowing it down the stretch in an ending that in hindsight suggested they might lack the level of dominance on the road necessary for what they faced in Boston.
