Lakers’ LeBron James ‘locked in’ for playoffs: ‘I don’t take it for granted’

EL SEGUNDO — During the regular season, Lakers coach JJ Redick would often reference a meeting he had with LeBron James the morning of the team’s blowout loss to the Miami Heat on Dec. 4 as an inflection point.
The Lakers were in the midst of a 2-5 stretch, with the aforementioned loss to the Heat and an overtime loss to the Atlanta Hawks two nights later putting them in what became one of their worst stretches of the season.
James was going through his own individual struggles on th