Lakers boss Luke Walton makes LeBron James claim after debut defeat

Los Angeles Lakers head coach Luke Walton says LeBron James “sent a message to the group” with his performance against Denver Nuggets last night. “It was awesome, coaching the Lakers and looking out and seeing LeBron wearing your team colours is a pretty good feeling,” Walton said. “We talked and we planned to take it as it came. He was going to start and we’d go from there. “Second quarter he gave me the nod that he wanted to get back into it and we put him back out there. “What we want to be as a team are who LeBron is. Showing that competitive spirit he did tonight sends a real nice message to the group.”

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