The banner hung to celebrate the victory in the “NBA Cup” is paying very dearly at the moment for Los Angeles. Since this success in the final against Indiana, the Lakers have posted four defeats in five matches, including three in a row with the last in Chicago.
The Californian defense is in great difficulty and the team as a whole is lacking energy. She is simply on her knees. What LeBron James confirms.
“It’s emotional and physical fatigue. Fatigue linked to the harshness of the season”lists the “King” for the Los Angeles Times. “When we don’t win, then, obviously, there is a fatigue of frustration. »
Despite this bad patch, Darvin Ham asks his players to grit their teeth. “We fought as hard as we could. Our competitive spirit is there. We must not let ourselves be defeated or discouraged”estimates the coach.
The leader of the East and the two leaders of the West to come
It's hard not to grimace for the Lakers when they take a look at the calendar for the end of the calendar year. Between now and December 31, eleven days, Los Angeles will play six times! And no small matches: Minnesota twice, Oklahoma City and Boston will be on the program.
“It will force us to play. We're going to have to do it, otherwise we're going to be beaten soundly.” announces Anthony Davis. “Big matches are coming. These will be three good tests for us defensively. This is where it starts for us, to get our offense going. And it starts this Thursday evening (at Wolves). »
The 2020 champions will be able to breathe at the start of 2024, with only three matches in the first eight days of the year. But before rest, we have to finish the year as best we can…
“There is no break, no help coming. The cavalry is not coming. We have to do it ourselves, in this locker room,” assures Davis. “We have to recover the injured. We have to find a way to win again. It’s obvious that when you lose several times in a row, it’s felt. Everyone wants to win. You just have to win a match, regain your morale and move forward. »
| Shots | Rebounds | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | MJ | Min | Shots | 3pts | L.F. | Off | Def | Early | Pd | Bp | Int | Ct | Party | Pts |
| LeBron James | 25 | 34.0 | 53.9 | 39.3 | 71.5 | 1.0 | 6.7 | 7.6 | 7.2 | 3.3 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 25.2 |
| Anthony Davis | 25 | 35.3 | 54.9 | 36.8 | 82.0 | 3.5 | 9.0 | 12.6 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 24.2 |
| Angelo Russell | 26 | 30.0 | 47.3 | 39.3 | 76.8 | 0.3 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 6.3 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 2.1 | 15.8 |
| Austin Reaves | 27 | 29.6 | 46.8 | 36.2 | 87.0 | 0.9 | 3.8 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 2.4 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 15.0 |
| Rui Hachimura | 18 | 23.7 | 49.7 | 37.7 | 77.8 | 0.8 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 1.6 | 11.6 |
| Taurean Prince | 25 | 30.5 | 42.9 | 36.9 | 70.0 | 0.3 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 2.0 | 9.5 |
| Christian Wood | 24 | 20.2 | 46.3 | 27.9 | 61.8 | 1.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 7.4 |
| Cam Reddish | 22 | 24.1 | 40.8 | 31.0 | 85.3 | 0.6 | 2.1 | 2.7 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 1.9 | 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 | 21 | 17.2 | 38.7 | 30.2 | 71.4 | 0.1 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 4.5 |
| Jaxson Hayes | 24 | 11.3 | 66.0 | 0.0 | 56.0 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 2.1 | 3.2 |
| Colin Castleton | 4 | 7.0 | 62.5 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 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 |
| From me Hodge | 7 | 5.9 | 33.3 | 25.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 2.0 |
| 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 |
| Jared Vanderbilt | 6 | 14.4 | 20.0 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 1.2 | 3.0 | 4.2 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.8 | 0.8 |
| 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 |
