LeBron James discusses clearing NBA's COVID

As LeBron James took the podium for his postgame press conference, after the Lakers lost to the Clippers 119-115, the result of the game was almost inconsequential. NBA Finals Champs Gear 

Given that NBA Baby Clothing this was his first media availability, since clearing the NBA's health and safety protocols early after it was ruled that his positive test in Sacramento was a false positive, there were no prizes for guessing what the first few questions were going to be about. 

James was placed into the league's health and safety protocols prior to the team's game against the Kings on Tuesday (ET). However, after the false positive, he returned multiple negative tests which led to him being cleared from the protocols. 

"Pretty confused, frustrated, angry with not being able to do anything." James said postgame regarding the past few days. 

Calling it 'unfortunate' that a player gets put into isolation the moment they return a positive test, even if it's a false positive, James believed the entire situation was handled quite poorly. 

That false positive test forced James to miss the team's game against the Kings. So, instead of playing his fourth straight game, which would have been a season-high, he missed the 12th game of a possible 23 (now 24). 

"It's been a very challenging year to start," James NBA Shirts and Sweaters said about being consistently in-and-out of the line-up. He added that he felt he was getting into 'really really good rhythm' before the Kings game.

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Coming to the Clippers matchup, playing his first game since Sunda warriors jersey women 2022 y against Detroit, James' rust showed. Although he stuffed the stat sheet with 23 points, 11 rebounds, six assists and two steals, he shot 9-of-23 from the field incl NBA Shorts uding 2-of-8 from beyond the arc and turned the ball over thrice in 37 minutes of action. 

“He’s had a tough few days, there’s no other way to p NBA Swimming Trunks ut it," Lakers head coach Frank Vogel said postgame. "I commend him for playing a really good basketball game. He didn’t shoot it well, but he was great."

With the loss, th stephen curry jersey in store e Lakers slip back to .500 with a 12-12 record while the Clippers warriors stephen curry jersey snapped their three-game skid and climbed above .500 to a 12-11 record.