Faced with a San Antonio team in disarray, with 18 defeats in a row, the Lakers nevertheless fell, conceding 129 points. The Los Angeles team was let down by its defense, particularly because Anthony Davis was absent.
The interior wasn't the only starter missing since D'Angelo Russell and Cam Reddish were also on the bench. So that’s three fewer starters for the Lakers. “Our team is not built to be able to do without three starters” recalls LeBron James. “But we also have to congratulate Spurs. They played very well tonight. They shot extremely well.”
For his coach, health is essential after almost two months of the regular season, and the Californians are currently paying for the efforts made last week to win the NBA Tournament.
“We must be in good health”announces Darvin Ham for the Los Angeles Times. “We have a big week coming up and we will know more about their situation this Saturday. The guys will be in treatment and I hope they will be back for New York on Monday evening. »
With 58% victories, the Lakers are only 8th!
After receiving the Knicks, there will be a trip to Chicago then two to Minnesota and Oklahoma City. Two big matches therefore, and between now and these duels, we will have to recover, while notching up victories because the Western Conference is extremely tough: 10 franchises have a positive record. With 58% victories, the Lakers are only 8th. They would be 5th in the East…
” It's hard. It’s clearly exhausting,” explains LeBron James. “I feel like we’re constantly on the move. The important thing is health. It's a challenge to come home for a few days before heading back East, then to the Midwest. We must prepare ourselves physically and mentally. We must take care of our bodies, sleep well, eat and drink. We must do our best to stock up on energy because the matches will continue to come one after another. »
| Shots | Rebounds | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | MJ | Min | Shots | 3pts | L.F. | Off | Def | Early | Pd | Bp | Int | Ct | Party | Pts |
| LeBron James | 23 | 33.6 | 55.1 | 40.5 | 71.5 | 0.9 | 6.6 | 7.5 | 6.7 | 3.4 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 25.3 |
| Anthony Davis | 24 | 35.2 | 54.4 | 33.3 | 81.7 | 3.6 | 8.9 | 12.5 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 23.9 |
| Angelo Russell | 25 | 30.1 | 47.8 | 38.8 | 76.8 | 0.4 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 6.4 | 1.9 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 2.1 | 16.0 |
| Austin Reaves | 25 | 29.2 | 47.3 | 35.5 | 85.9 | 0.9 | 3.8 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 2.4 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 14.5 |
| Rui Hachimura | 16 | 23.4 | 49.3 | 41.3 | 76.7 | 0.8 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 11.3 |
| Taurean Prince | 23 | 29.9 | 44.0 | 38.7 | 70.0 | 0.3 | 2.3 | 2.7 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 2.1 | 9.4 |
| Cam Reddish | 21 | 24.0 | 42.1 | 33.3 | 85.3 | 0.6 | 2.2 | 2.8 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 7.1 |
| Christian Wood | 23 | 19.8 | 45.2 | 26.8 | 66.0 | 1.0 | 4.9 | 5.9 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 1.7 | 7.0 |
| Gabe Vincent | 4 | 28.4 | 39.3 | 7.1 | 50.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 6.0 |
| Max Christie | 20 | 16.9 | 40.2 | 31.0 | 71.4 | 0.2 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 4.7 |
| Jaxson Hayes | 22 | 11.0 | 64.3 | 0.0 | 54.5 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 2.0 | 3.0 |
| Jalen Hood-schifino | 5 | 10.4 | 22.2 | 12.5 | 50.0 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 2.8 |
| Colin Castleton | 3 | 7.5 | 40.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 2.0 |
| From me Hodge | 6 | 5.5 | 25.0 | 20.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 1.5 |
| Jared Vanderbilt | 4 | 15.0 | 28.6 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 1.3 | 3.3 | 4.5 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.3 |
| Alex Fudge | 4 | 3.6 | 16.7 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1.0 |
| Maxwell Lewis | 11 | 4.7 | 11.1 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
