With less than two months left in the season, the Lakers need to lock in for the final stretch. They’re sitting in the top five of the West, but staying there won’t be easy. The road ahead is brutal, especially in March, when they’ll be hit with three back-to-back sets. Not good for a team whose best player right now is 40! If it wasn’t obvious, I was talking about LeBron James.

That’s the kind of schedule that drains teams, and fans aren’t the only ones groaning about it. LeBron took to Instagram to share his frustration against Adam Silver’s decision, posting, “This is insane!!!!! 💀” Can you blame him? From March 13 to March 20, the Lakers will play six games in just eight days. That’s barely enough time to catch a breath, let alone prepare for elite competition, which is no joke. The Lakers will face the Bucks and Nuggets twice each, plus matchups against the Spurs and Suns.

The Lakers might get a slight advantage with four of these six games at home, but let’s not act like that makes things easy. Before they even settle in, they have to fly to Milwaukee to take on the Bucks, then immediately head to Denver the next night. That’s a back-to-back straight out of a nightmare.

And it’s not just about the travel—the matchups aren’t doing them any favors either. The Nuggets have owned the Lakers in recent seasons, knocking them out of the playoffs two years in a row. Now, with this brutal stretch, Denver has another shot to remind them who’s boss. The Bucks won’t be any easier, and the rest of the schedule still piles on the exhaustion.

The problem? LeBron isn’t even 100%. That lingering ankle/foot issue already kept him out of the All-Star Game, and with this schedule, it’s hard not to wonder if he’ll even have time to recover properly.

The fans aren’t happy with this kind of scheduling. With such a packed lineup of games, injuries are almost inevitable. And they do not wish to be both disappointed and concerned.

Fans back LeBron James, they feel like the NBA is trying to make it his last season

“The NBA tryna kill Bron with all these back to back” wrote one fan. The Lakers’ upcoming schedule is straight-up brutal. Back-to-backs against top-tier teams like the Bucks and Nuggets? That’s a nightmare for any squad, let alone one relying on a 40-year-old LeBron to carry a heavy load. Agreed that at this stage in his career, the 4x MVP is still defying Father Time, but even he has limits.

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He can but maybe on the game play most probably. No too much pressure or else he maybe injured again....more

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Another fan commented, “6 games in 8 days against those teams isn’t even fair haha”. Starting this gauntlet with a road game in Milwaukee, only to hop on a plane and face Denver the very next night? That’s a schedule designed to drain every ounce of energy. Even with four of these games at home, the sheer volume in such a short span is enough to wear down any team, let alone one that’s already dealing with injuries.

Another fan chimed in with “How do you play Giannis, Jokic, Wemby, then Jokic and then Giannis again ?? 😂 “. If they weren’t enough, the fan forgot Kevin Durant. That lineup of opponents is straight out of a nightmare for any team.

“they trynna make this his last dance😭😭” chimed in another netizen. The 21x All-Star is staring down a schedule that demands peak physical performance with little time to rest. For a player in his 21st season, that’s a dangerous recipe. Even legends like Kobe and MJ slowed down by this stage, but LeBron is still expected to carry the Lakers through one of the toughest stretches of the season.

While a six-game stretch in eight days, including multiple back-to-backs against Giannis Antetokounmpo and Nikola Jokic, should wear anyone down—but LeBron isn’t just anyone. One fan exclaimed, “he gon have 25 plus in all of em too”. So, despite the brutality of the schedule, betting against LeBron James still feels like a losing game. No matter what, he always finds a way to put up numbers.

Even with the quick turnarounds, expecting him to drop 25+ in every game isn’t far-fetched. He’s already averaging over 24 points this season while dealing with a lingering ankle/foot issue. The man has been putting up elite stats for two decades, and when the lights are brightest, he somehow digs even deeper.