LeBron James is not keen on the idea of shutting down the rest of his season, despite the Los Angeles Lakers' hopes of reaching the playoffs looking increasingly remote. The Lakers lost 113-105 to their cross-city rivals the Los Angeles Clippers on Monday, a third straight defeat which left their record at 30-34. James' team are 10th in the Western Conference, 5.5 games behind the San Antonio Spurs in the eighth and final playoff spot, but the 34-year-old – who missed 18 games with a groin injury earlier this season, the longest absence of his career - insisted his instinct is not to bring 2018-19 to an early end.