LeBron James and the Lakers have had a curler coaster couple of weeks. LA skilled the excessive of successful the NBA In-Season Tournament not way back, however since then they’ve gone 2-6.
It was a troublesome loss for the Lakers in opposition to the Celtics on Christmas Day, having clawed their method again from an early 18-point deficit, solely to lose 126-115 anyway.
According to Anthony Davis, having a brand new switching beginning lineup – which he mentioned he was in favour of – has led to some communication breakdowns.
“There’s too many mistakes, especially tonight, a ton of mistakes in transition” Davis told reporters postgame. “Obviously, we was crossmatched, so it’s a bit harder. We’ve been actually good with turnovers nevertheless it’s the timing that type of damage us. But we simply gotta buckle down defensively.
“Obviously the lineups changed, and we’re not really a switching team but now we’re getting into it because of our lineup. We’re able to do that, so the miscommunication is kinda there. I think just buckling down defensively. Offence, I think we can be fine, but we gotta do a better job on defence.”
Meanwhile, LeBron James pointed to the Lakers’ lack of well being in contrast with the NBA’s greatest groups.
“I don’t think we’re healthy right now,” James said. “I don’t think we’re where we want to be to compete with the rest of the top teams until we continue to get better … We’re still trying to figure out our situation as far as how we want to continue to attack each game.”
The Lakers, who’re at the moment ninth within the Western Conference at 16-15, will return to the courtroom once they face the Charlotte Hornets at house.
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