LeBron James electrifies the Lakers crowd as he ponders the "positive night"

LeBron James electrified the local Los Angeles Lakers crowd in his Staples Center debut on Tuesday night.

Playing against the Denver Nuggets in the pre-season for the second time in three days, James still played 15 minutes, posting 13 points, three rebounds and three assists, while thrilling the crowd several times, including a dunk. 39, an ocean to the other. the first quarter.

In addition, center JaVale McGee still finished top scorer with 15 points, eight rebounds and five blocks, while goaltender Josh Hart scored 14 points and four assists.

However, the Lakers could not prevent another pre-season defeat despite a lead of 59-48 at half-time, this time it was much closer, with 113-111 for the visitors.

But as James said after the first game, it was still a work in progress, as he was thinking about the positive evening of the sixteen Staples Center champions, which drew 19,000 spectators.

"Great atmosphere, I had the impression of playing better team tonight than the other night, so we had a positive evening," James told reporters after the match.

Speaking about the participation of supporters, he said: "As I said in the first question, the turnout was excellent, the atmosphere was amazing and we are all pleased to note that they have participated in a preparatory game like this.We have just tried to give them a good show we did, until the last possession. "

James felt that the team was better at defense but that she could have done a better job with rebounds while being more selfish at night, although this is still good news given that the new continuing education to gel.

"We were a little too selfless but it's good for us, now that we continue to learn from each other, we want to make an extra pass, get a good shot at a good shot," he said. explained James. "We felt we were giving up a bit too much, but that will be good for our team in the long run, as we continue to understand each other and continue to do what we want to do to get better, move and share the ball. is very important. "

The Lakers head coach, Luke Walton, agreed with James that selflessness was an advantage, especially in pre-season, even though he thought the players were bothering him by not taking a free shot.

"I thought we were a lot more physical tonight, we have to clean up the fouling part of that," Walton said after the game. "We want to play fast, we had 30, 27 fast points, we want to be altruistic, there were some possessions of both units [starters and substitutes], I thought that they did not care about me, they went so many times when many of them had opened fire. But it was still in the preseason and 100%, I will take that. "

The Lakers will face the Sacramento Kings at Staples Center next Thursday as their pre-season continues.

LeBron James electrified the Los Angeles crowd during his debut at Staples Center. In this photo, James, No. 23 of Raj5 Rondo, No. 9 of the Los Angeles Lakers, during a preseason game against the Denver Nuggets at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California on October 2, 2018. Photo: Harry How / Getty Images