LeBron: 'I lose sleep' after playoff losses
The Cleveland Cavaliers work LeBron James to the point of exhaustion, yet the 33-year-old struggles to rest after his team loses a playoff game.
"I mean, I lose sleep," James told reporters Saturday after team shootaround, according to Dave McMenamin of ESPN. "I mean, at the end of the day, when you lose any game in the postseason, (you lose sleep), so it's never comfort. Playoffs is never comfort. There's nothing about the playoffs that's comfortable until you either win it all or you lose and go into the summer.
"So, for me, it's always (a) day-to-day grind to figure out ways that you can be better."
If that's the case, James may be sporting darker circles under his eyes than ever when the Cavs host the Boston Celtics for Game 3. Cleveland finds itself in a 0-2 series hole after being outplayed in the first two games of the Eastern Conference finals.
"You got to make shots, obviously," James said when asked what his squad needs to do better to get a win in Game 3. "That helps. But I think ball movement, player movement, getting the ball from one side to the other, that stretches out the defense, so that will help."
The King averaged 28.5 points, 10.5 assists, 8.5 rebounds, and 1.5 blocks through the first two games of the series, but received minimal help from his supporting cast, with the exception of Kevin Love's 22-point performance in Game 2.
Only six percent of teams have won a series after being down 0-2, though James has done it twice in six tries.