LeBron James admits the Los Angeles Lakers will have to be wary of Jimmy Butler

LeBron James has admitted the Los Angeles Lakers will have to be wary of Jimmy Butler when his side takes on the Minnesota Timberwolves in their NBA clash. “It wasn’t the three-point line that hurt us, it was the 20 offensive rebounds that hurt us,” James said about Butler ahead of the NBA showdown. “Jimmy [Butler] hit four in the fourth quarter and three of them were bombs. The offence rebounds allowed him to get extra possession which hurt us.” After their 121-107 defeat to Toronto Raptors earlier this week, James admits Lakers are working hard to try and rectify their mistakes. He added: “It's very, very hard to make a game out of it when you start like that and expend so much energy trying to get back into it. “You still learn from it. We're going to watch some film and things of that nature. You don't put too much into it. There are games like this in an 82-game season where you just don't have it. We had it in spurts, but for 48 minutes we didn't have it."

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