LeBron James ready for 'toughest' postseason of his career

LeBron James is taking nothing for granted when his No 1 seeded Los Angeles Lakers take on the eighth-seeded Portland Trail Blazers in Game 1 of their first-round playoff series in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

A No 8 seed has beaten a No 1 seed just five times in NBA history with the last such occurrence in 2012 - when the Philadelphia 76ers defeated the Chicago Bulls - who had lost Derrick Rose and Joakim Noah to injury.

James has no intention of สูตรเกมบาคาร่า Portland to add the 2019-20 Lakers to that list and is fully aware of the offensive threat the Trail Blazers possess, led by their elite scoring guards Damian Lillard and CJ McCollum.

"I don't take anything for granted, especially being in the NBA on my 17th season," James said. "I don't go into any season saying, 'okay, playoffs, playoffs, championship, championship'. I am all about the process.

"(Lillard and McCollum) are the rock of that franchise. They have been there. They have seen it all. They have playoff experience. They have chemistry between the two of them. And we have to have 10 eyes on them at a time. You got two eyes on the guy on the ball and another eight to go after every possession because they are that dangerous. It starts with them.

"And then they have a Hall of Famer, in Carmelo Anthony, who can erupt at any point of the game. So you have to always keep an eye on him. Have that respect factor because you know what he is capable of doing. And I believe (Jusuf) Nurkic and Zach (Collins) coming back from injury has helped them out a lot as well."

James described preparing for a playoff campaign inside the NBA's bubble as 'the toughest one' of his career.

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