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LeBron James' treatment of Game 1s as "feel-out" matchups was all but confirmed after the LA Lakers lost their series opener in the first round against the Minnesota Timberwolves. It was a good old-fashioned blowout as Anthony Edwards and Co. took a 117-95 win at the Lakers weren't ready for the Timberwolves' defense's physicality, which allowed them to steal the game away from the second quarter onwards. James confirmed that in his post-game interview."We should be more than prepared on Tuesday night," James then added that it takes time to adjust to playoff-level basketball, and it could take a full game sometimes."Sometimes, it takes a quarter, two quarters, a full game to get used to playoff basketball again," James Game 1s has been a trend for James' teams over the past decade. He's now 31-24 overall in a series 2018, LeBron James confirmed the "feel out" theory after losing the Eastern Conference finals opener to the Celtics."For me, Game 1 has always been a feel out game ... I've got a good sense of the way they played me today and how I'll play them going into Game 2."James and the Cavaliers won that series in seven games. Saturday seemed like a typical James Game 1 after he played passively for most of the first half before attacking the Timberwolves' coverages. He finished with 19 points, five rebounds, three assists, two steals and three blocks on 8 of 18 didn't make any glaring adjustments to their game plan despite the Timberwolves out-executing their schemes. The Lakers' offense also went stagnant, and it's something that can be fixed moving forward.
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