LeBron James and D’Angelo Russell have spoken out concerning the Lakers’ 114-103 loss to the Denver Nuggets in Game 1 of their first-round sequence on Saturday.
James careworn the significance of the Lakers paying better consideration to element.
“I’ve never played on a championship team that didn’t pay attention to detail,” he mentioned. “There’s no ifs, ands or buts about it. You have to.”
D’Angelo Russell, who struggled mightily with 13 factors on 6-20 area objective taking pictures, additionally spoke to the media and addressed his disappointing efficiency.
“I don’t recall the last time I got 20 shots,” Russell said. “So for me to get 20 good looks, not 20 good, probably 5 or 6 of them were questionable but I know what I’m capable of.. so honestly I’m excited about that… sometimes the ball just doesn’t fall.”
D’Angelo Russell on his 6/20 efficiency: pic.twitter.com/49DXRtg0N7
— Lakers Lead (@LakersLead) April 21, 2024
Lakers coach Darvin Ham mentioned he wasn’t going to bench Russell over one poor taking pictures efficiency, noting that he had helped LA get this far and had just lately shot the ball effectively in opposition to the New Orleans Pelicans.
Ham added that the Lakers had some extra changes to throw at Nikola Jokic in Game 2.
“Shit, it’s tough,” Ham mentioned. “A championship team isn’t going to beat itself.”
The Lakers and Nuggets will play Game 2 in Denver on Wednesday.
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