Lakers’ LeBron James on knee injury: ‘There was a pain I hadn’t felt before’

In his first at-length public comments about the knee injury he suffered in the Lakers’ season-ending loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves on April 30, LeBron James acknowledged he likely would’ve missed the remainder of the matchup if the Lakers were able to extend the series past five games.
The Lakers star suffered a Grade 2 medial collateral ligament sprain in his left knee during the fourth quarter of the Game 5 loss to the Timberwolves, an MRI from May 1 revealed.
James said that