Cleveland Cavaliers star LeBron James played 43.8 minutes per game during his team's first-round playoffs sweep of the Indiana Pacers, but his coach wasn't particularly concerned about the workload Wednesday.
"Of course, we're always cognizant of LeBron's minutes, but in looking at this situation, we didn't look at the minutes as an issue," Cleveland head coach Tyronn Lue said, per Dave McMenamin of ESPN.com. "It makes more sense to close out the series and have the additional rest versus playing potentially even more minutes, potentially 96-144 more minutes."
"I mean, I don't understand why people make a big deal out of minutes," Lue continued, stressing James had a week off before the Indiana series and earned another week off with the sweep.