In short, another defeat would definitely be a tremendous blow to the Los Angeles Lakers.
It was easy to predict that the entire summer ahead would be flooded with fans' disappointed criticism and condemnation online.
As for whether this would affect LeBron James's plans to renew his contract with the team, that was hard to say~~
When LeBron James joined the Lakers in the summer of 2018, he signed a four-year, $153 million contract.
Then, in the summer of 2020, he reached an early two-year, $85 million extension agreement with the Lakers.
That contract ran from the 2021–22 season through the end of the 2022–23 season.
In other words, once this summer arrived, LeBron James would once again become a completely unrestricted free agent.
At that point, whether the Los Angeles Lakers would still be willing to offer James, whose results as the team's leader had been mediocre in recent years, a "sufficiently respectful" contract was genuinely hard to say...
Perhaps this was another time when Old Zhang's three "wives" would have to step in.
Presumably, once this summer arrived, there would be plenty of interesting news again~~
After the Thunder Team and Lakers finished their great battle and determined the final winner,
the last game of the night on the 25th was about to begin.
The Denver Nuggets faced the Minnesota Timberwolves in the G5 King Mountain Battle.
The time the League had scheduled for this game made it obvious that everyone believed it would be another extremely exciting battle.
Unfortunately, the Timberwolves had already fallen apart early.
Before the game, the team released the news.
Victor Oladipo had suffered an ankle injury during pregame training and would not play tonight.
Odie's absence would definitely have an enormous impact on the Timberwolves.
It would create a hole in