Lakers News: Statistics Show LeBron James Has Dominated Dillon Brooks This Series

Despite Brooks' frequent protestations.

Los Angeles Lakers All-Star small forward LeBron James has looked somewhat hobbled during LA's ongoing playoff series with the Memphis Grizzlies, though he has still managed to have a pretty solid series.

James is averaging 24.5 points on 51.3% field goal shooting, 11.5 rebounds, four assists, two blocks and 1.5 blocks.

The Grizzlies have thrown a variety of different coverages on James, including Defensive Player of the Year Jaren Jackson Jr. and small forward Dillon Brooks, has been very, very vocal about how he believes the 6'9" future Hall of Famer has been an easier cover than he would have been in his prime.

Brooks hasn't had quite the impact on James he perhaps believes he has thus far in this series.

With Brooks serving as the primary defender on James, he's scored 26 points on 61.1% field goal shooting and 42.9% three-point shooting, and has yet to have a turnover, per Sports Center.

The Brooks-James "rivalry" has been a fun subplot of what's been a bit of a rollercoaster 2-7 series that seems a bit more evenly matched than one would think based on the seeds involved. Thanks to some key injuries to the 51-31 Grizzlies, Memphis is much more beatable, with or without Brooks covering James.

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