His left ankle moments out of an ice bucket, LeBron James paused while getting dressed in the Cavs' locker room Sunday afternoon to watch the replay of when he landed on the foot of Wizards center Etan Thomas an hour or so earlier. Seeing the closeup of his Nike go perpendicular to the floor elicited a sharp grimace.
But it didn't linger, he put on his dress shoes and walked away without a noticeable limp and promised to be fine.
James' rolled ankle four minutes into the second half provided the only drama in the Cavs' 97-82 Game 1 victory. While the outcome was as predicted, the near miss was a cautionary reminder of just how fragile a postseason can be. Which the Wizards, of course, know all too well.
After a timeout, James didn't even have to leave the game on his way to 23 points, nine rebounds and seven assists. He's turned his ankles perhaps seven or eight times in similar plays this season and always got up. So his teammates said they didn't freeze, like many of the 20,000 fans at Quicken Loans Arena, when he was rolling on the floor in pain.
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But it didn't linger, he put on his dress shoes and walked away without a noticeable limp and promised to be fine.
James' rolled ankle four minutes into the second half provided the only drama in the Cavs' 97-82 Game 1 victory. While the outcome was as predicted, the near miss was a cautionary reminder of just how fragile a postseason can be. Which the Wizards, of course, know all too well.
After a timeout, James didn't even have to leave the game on his way to 23 points, nine rebounds and seven assists. He's turned his ankles perhaps seven or eight times in similar plays this season and always got up. So his teammates said they didn't freeze, like many of the 20,000 fans at Quicken Loans Arena, when he was rolling on the floor in pain.
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