Lakers’ LeBron James Responded to Damian Lillard’s Recent Tear

The NBA bubble currently revolves around Damian Lillard, who has guided his Portland Trail Blazers to the No. 8 seed against the Memphis Grizzlies. Even LeBron James responded to the recent talks.

With Lillard at the helm, the Blazers went 6-2 in the bubble and he averaged more than 40 minutes per game. During their latest game against Brooklyn, Lillard delivered 42 points in the 134-133 victory.

If Portland wins their play-in game, they’ll be facing the Los Angeles Lakers. LeBron James responded to Lillard’s incredible performance and mind-blowing shot-making skills on Instagram.

James reposted a meme with a bunch of crying laughing faces that said, “Imagine taking your girl with you to the court to watch you hoop and a dude does this to you. She will bring this up every time yall argue.” The image showed Lillard pulling up from the logo.

Lillard really shone in the bubble, adding to his already great season. But James wasn’t too bad himself as well. He’s now competing for the MVP award against James Harden and Giannis Antetokounmpo.

LeBron James Responded To MVP Finals Odds And Speculations

“Those awards are always great throughout this time of year, to acknowledge the individuals that’s had great years,” James told reporters last month. “Not only from a player’s perspective but for a coach’s perspective as well. So we’ll see what happens.

“I’m not disappointed because things happen. You control what you can control, and I can’t control that. As far as the MVP race, I think that I’ve shown what I’m capable of doing. Not only individually but from a team’s perspective, us being No. 1 in the West. There was a lot of conversation about, ‘LeBron can do those things in the East, but if he ever came to the West what could he do?’ I heard all that.”

The Blazers have to beat the Grizzlies to set up a highly-anticipated matchup with the Lakers. But if Portland makes it, they might turn up as quite the opponent for the purple and gold powerhouse.

“They have the best backcourt in the NBA because both (Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson) are injured. You’ve got Nurkic coming off the bench who can do it all,” TNT analyst Charles Barkley recently said.

“Gary Trent has been amazing. You’ve got Zach Collins coming in. You’ve got (Hassan) Whiteside that’s blocking everything. They are big and strong. Listen, whoever plays that team, you’re going to have to bring it. Plain and simple.”

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“I already said that if they get the No. 8 spot they are going to beat the Lakers. Not only that, they will go to the NBA Finals,” Barkley added.