据体育分析师克里斯•布鲁萨德称，没有安东尼•戴维斯的时期是对勒布朗•詹姆斯能否赢得MVP的考验。在他看来，这位四届NBA冠军在MVP争夺战中被乔尔·恩比德超越。虽然比赛还没有结束，詹姆斯仍然可以成为冠军。

“As far as MVP race, LeBron has lost his lead. I said on these airwaves last week: this stretch without AD LeBron would either increase his lead and get a sizeable advantage in MVP race or he would come back to the pack. And he’s come back to the pack clearly,” Broussard said on UNDISPUTED.

“就MVP竞赛而言，勒布朗已经失去了领先优势。我上周在这些广播里说：没有AD的这段时间勒布朗要么会提高他的领先优势，在MVP比赛中获得相当大的优势，要么他会重返平庸队伍。“他很明显又回到了队伍中，”布鲁萨德说。

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“This doesn’t mean his case is over. There are 40 games left. A lot is to happen not only with the Lakers but with other teams, other guys that are in this MVP hunt. So no, his case is not over but he no longer has the lead. If I had to vote today, it would be Joel Embiid,” Broussard said on UNDISPUTED.

“这并不意味着他的机会结束了。还剩40场比赛。很多事情不仅发生在湖人身上，也发生在其他球队身上，其他人也在寻找MVP。所以他的机会还没结束，但他已经没有其他办法了。如果我今天必须投票的话，那将是恩比德，”布鲁萨德说。

本赛季詹姆斯场均35分钟得25.8分，8.2个篮板和8.1次助攻。湖人队连败三场。他们最近一次的失利是在对阵奇才的比赛中，勒布朗罚丢了一个赢得比赛的罚球。