Stephen A. Smith: LeBron's bad Game 4 was an 'aberration'
ESPN personality Stephen A. Smith isn't concerned about LeBron James after James' bad Game 4 performance.
After playing mostly fantastic basketball in the first three games of the Los Angeles Lakers ' first-round playoff series against the Houston Rockets , LeBron James struggled in Game 4 on Sunday. He went just 2-of-9 from the field and committed eight turnovers as the Lakers lost 115-96 and failed to sweep Houston. Some may feel that fatigue was a factor for him.
He played 45 minutes and posted 29 points, 13 rebounds, six assists, three steals and one block in L. A. 's thrilling Game 3 overtime win, but he also had eight turnovers.
Nonetheless, ESPN personality Stephen A. Smith said on "First Take" that James' poor Game 4 wasn't a sign of things to come. "LeBron James — everything about it is an aberration," Smith said.
"I'm not concerned at all about what we saw from him in Game 4. LeBron James was phenomenal the first three games of this series. It was a bad game.