By Kevin Ding - Senior Writer
The end of his day at the office includes an 8 1/2-by-11 plain piece of paper, just like the average guy’s might. It’s a printout of the game boxscore. LeBron James drops it into the bucket of ice water at his feet, and the paper floats flatly at the surface. That way he can review the basics of his job performance—specifically how that performance helped his team and company succeed—while he sits and numbs those feet and ankles that rationally should be swollen from longtime workload.
This is how it was Wednesday night at Staples Center after James’ 66th game ever played for the Lakers, multi-tasking with that boxscore and icepacks taped to both knees (and doing postgame interviews while drinking his recovery shake) till he showered up and clocked out.