Ben-N1ce wrote:
Full clip here with context. Someone on reddit already summarized it well:
"LeBron said before the series that Lakers would need to play near perfect ball to beat the Nuggets. Reporter here suggests that maybe that bar was set too high, and the pressure of having to play perfectly is leading to the team underperforming.
The "it's just basketball" line (which is just part of a much longer response) is basically LeBron suggesting that at the end of the day, they're professionals who should be devoted to the goal of playing near perfect ball and winning a championship. They shouldn't be letting the pressure hold them back from that because, at the end of the day it's just basketball."