LeBron James was necessary to play forty minutes in order for the Lakers to win their most recent game.

According to guard Austin Reaves, “If Bron continues to play like this, we want him to play for the full 48 minutes.”

As a matter of fact, the Lakers do not.

In light of the fact that James will be celebrating his 39th birthday the following month, his early-season efforts that defy logic are just as unsettling as they are promising.

James continues to be the most important player for the Lakers.

The Los Angeles Lakers went into this season with the expectation that their improved depth would allow them to reduce their reliance on LeBron James and better manage his workload. This season was supposed to be different.However, that is not what has taken place.

What implications does this have on his capacity to maintain his health? When it comes to the playoffs, how much will he still have left in the tank?

Given the current circumstances, the Lakers do not have the luxury of asking those questions.

A victory over the Houston Rockets by a score of 105-104 was achieved by James, who scored 37 points on Sunday night. In the game that came before that, which was a victory away from home against the Portland Trail Blazers on Friday, he scored 35 points.

In every game he has played, with the exception of one, he has made at least fifty percent of his shots. On average, he is scoring 26.4 points.

Coach Darvin Ham of the Los Angeles Lakers referred to LeBron James as “the LeBron we’ve all come to know and love over these 21 years.”

Although they have won five of their previous six games, the Lakers continue to appear to be in a state of disarray. Why are they only 8-6 despite the fact that James has played for them?

They brought back the core of a club that had made it to the finals of the Western Conference, but then they went back to the way they appeared when general manager Rob Pelinka reorganized the squad at the trade deadline the previous year.

“The main guys came back, and we made a big run last year,” said forward Rui Hachimura. “We made a big run last year.” We are still in the process of developing our chemistry. We have not yet arrived at a conclusion about it. My opinion is that we are making progress. It’s getting to me.”

The Lakers have reverted to being a two-man club for the time being, with James and Anthony Davis being the only players who can be relied upon to perform consistently.

D’Angelo Russell, who plays point guard, is either extremely good or extremely poor, and he rarely exhibits any other characteristics. This is also the situation with Hachimura, who previously participated in the concussion protocol of the league and was required to sit out four games earlier in the season. It is now the second unit that Reaves is playing with on the team.

The Lakers have a three-point shooting percentage of only 33.8%, which places them in the 26th position in the league. Twenty-seven percent of their three-point shots were successful during the victory over the Rockets.

James has been able to conceal the fact that the team is lacking.

In light of the fact that he has missed games due to injury in each and every season that he has played for the Lakers, this strategy is not one that can be maintained. According to the current situation, James is now playing with a bruised calf that caused him to miss a game the previous week. He also admitted that he did not feel very well during the victory over the Rockets.

The statement that James made was, “I’m just trying to push the limit and see how far I can take this thing.” There is a conflict between me and Father Time, and I am attempting to alter the story. It all began the previous year, and I’m going to see if I can keep it going.

Following James’ two points scored in the first quarter of the game against the Rockets, the Lakers found themselves trailing by a score of 28-20. During the remaining minutes of the game, he was successful in 13 of 15 shots.It was at some time that James mentioned that he became aware that his son Bronny was sitting courtside. Over the course of the same day, Bronny was a part of the pregame warmups for the first time this season with the University of Southern California basketball team. During the summer, Bronny experienced a heart collapse while working out with the Trojans, and he has not yet made his debut in college athletics.

“I was like, ‘OK, I’ve got to turn it up a little bit even more with him in the building,'” James said. “I’ve got to turn it up even greater.”

It was a reminder that James is the father of a freshman at the University of Southern California who is 19 years old.

When asked about his age, Reaves smiled and remarked, “I remind him every day that he’s old — in basketball years.” “I just wanted to reiterate that to him.”

Reaves continued, expressing his seriousness by saying, “He is fighting Father Time better than anybody else who has played the game, maybe with the exception of Tom Brady.” It is clear that he is performing at a very high level.

Because of this, James has purchased some time for the Lakers to figure out who they are. But they can’t continue to rely on him in this manner indefinitely. On the off chance that this continues, their weight will eventually cause something to break in his body, which is 38 years old, and this may be the end of their season.