Anthony Davis forfeited out of caution, because still deprived of “back-to-back”, the Lakers could reassure themselves by saying that the game missed by the interior was only against the Rockets, one of the worst teams in the league.
Los Angeles could probably win in Texas without Anthony Davis or LeBron James. But from the start of the game, the Rockets showed that things would not be so easy.
“We talked about it and I say it before the matches, after the matches, on rest days: energy, effort and urgency”, explains Darvin Ham at ESPN. “Arriving on the floor, all of this was non-existent. »
The Los Angeles defense suffered to deny the Rockets access to the basket. Houston feasted in the Californians racket, scoring 78 points. “It is the consequence of our level in defense on the ball carrier”, remarks the coach. “Protecting our basket is a priority. The Houston team dominates in the racket and we talked about it before the meeting. »
“When LeBron plays, we’re not the same team on offense. When Davis plays, we are a different team offensively.
However, the Lakers had an opportunity to come away with the victory, at the start of the last quarter. There were then only four points behind. Then the Rockets went 9-0 in 90 seconds.
“We have to play every game as if it were the last,” claims Jarred Vanderbilt. “We are running out of time. We have, what, twelve matches left? We’re out of jokers. We never had any. We need these matches. »
D’Angelo Russell, he still wanted to remind that the Lakers were deprived of their two best players for this trip.
“I’m not going to say the opposite of the coach, he sees things well and I agree with him”, begins the leader. “But when LeBron plays, we’re not the same team on offense. When Davis plays, we’re a different team offensively. I compare it with the days of Kobe Bryant. He was at the end of his career and he didn’t train much. We were doing training, we were preparing things. When he was there, everything we had done before fell apart. We had to adjust. It’s a bit the same there. »
| Shots | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | bp | Int | CT | party | Points |
| lebron james | 47 | 36.1 | 50.1 | 30.8 | 75.9 | 1.2 | 7.2 | 8.4 | 6.9 | 3.1 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 29.5 |
| Anthony Davis | 44 | 33.5 | 56.1 | 26.9 | 80.5 | 3.4 | 9.2 | 12.6 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 1.0 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 26.1 |
| D’angelo Russell | 7 | 28.4 | 50.0 | 44.4 | 85.7 | 0.7 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 5.7 | 2.3 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 18.9 |
| Russell Westbrook | 52 | 28.7 | 41.7 | 29.6 | 65.5 | 1.1 | 5.0 | 6.2 | 7.5 | 3.5 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 2.3 | 15.9 |
| Dennis Schroder | 55 | 30.7 | 41.6 | 33.2 | 87.4 | 0.2 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 4.7 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 2.2 | 12.7 |
| lonnie walker | 50 | 24.7 | 44.6 | 36.3 | 87.0 | 0.3 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 12.4 |
| Malik Beasley | 13 | 26.4 | 38.4 | 35.6 | 70.0 | 0.3 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 12.3 |
| Thomas Bryant | 41 | 21.4 | 65.4 | 44.0 | 74.1 | 1.6 | 5.2 | 6.8 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 1.9 | 12.1 |
| Austin Reaves | 51 | 27.6 | 51.4 | 39.5 | 86.1 | 0.5 | 2.3 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 1.6 | 11.3 |
| Rui Hachimura | 21 | 24.2 | 47.7 | 33.3 | 72.9 | 1.1 | 3.8 | 4.9 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 10.3 |
| Jarred Vanderbilt | 13 | 25.0 | 52.8 | 23.5 | 86.4 | 1.9 | 5.7 | 7.6 | 2.1 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 2.3 | 7.6 |
| Troy Brown, Jr. | 63 | 24.7 | 43.1 | 36.8 | 91.4 | 0.9 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 7.2 |
| Kendrick Nunn | 39 | 13.5 | 40.6 | 32.5 | 81.0 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 6.7 |
| Patrick Beverly | 45 | 26.9 | 40.2 | 34.8 | 78.0 | 0.5 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 2.6 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 2.8 | 6.4 |
| Wenyen Gabriel | 55 | 14.8 | 61.1 | 29.0 | 61.9 | 1.6 | 2.3 | 3.9 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 2.1 | 5.8 |
| Mohammad Bamba | 7 | 11.5 | 41.7 | 33.3 | 54.5 | 1.3 | 4.0 | 5.3 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 2.4 | 4.4 |
| matt ryan | 12 | 10.8 | 30.6 | 37.1 | 80.0 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 3.9 |
| Max Christie | 38 | 13.3 | 41.9 | 41.9 | 87.5 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 3.4 |
| Juan Toscano Anderson | 30 | 12.2 | 50.0 | 20.0 | 73.3 | 0.5 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 2.7 |
| Damian Jones | 22 | 8.0 | 54.1 | 0.0 | 75.0 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 2.5 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 2.5 |
| Scotty Pippen, Jr. | 6 | 5.3 | 33.3 | 33.3 | 55.6 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 2.3 |
| cole swider | 6 | 6.7 | 33.3 | 37.5 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.5 |
| davon reed | 5 | 4.2 | 66.7 | 50.0 | 25.0 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 1.2 |
| Sterling Brown | 4 | 6.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
