Sleep on it. Watch the matches again too. After Jamal Murray's buzzer-beating shot and Denver's victory after a twenty-point comeback, the Lakers had taken out their nerves on the referees. LeBron James first.
Then, the day after this defeat, once the anger had subsided, the Los Angeles players rewatched Game 2 and refined the analysis of their fall. “We had some very good shots. We missed a bunch near the circle, even though we put them on during the regular season”, begins the “King”who shot 4/11 near the basket.
“The video session was very useful to see the areas in which we were struggling,” notes coach Darvin Ham. “We were excellent in defense. Offensively, there are a lot of shots that we would have liked to correct. »
Anthony Davis notably pointed out the vagueness in the Lakers' play in the second half. “There were sequences where we didn’t know what we were doing, in attack or in defense”, the interior declared. Did Darvin Ham miss something during the Nuggets' comeback?
“No matter what we do for 47 minutes and 30 seconds, we have to conclude”
“When things don’t go your way, frustration comes,” replies the coach. “But I don’t think it’s a lack of organization on our part. I have very good coaches on my staff. We pride ourselves on being efficient and organized, whether in training, during shootaround, during video sessions and during the match. I put it down to frustration. This match was full of emotions. We agree to disagree. »
Even if the Lakers wasted a big lead, Darvin Ham definitely doesn't want to throw the baby out with the bathwater. We must keep the positive before this decisive Game 3.
“You have to understand why you failed but not tell yourself that you failed and therefore throw everything in the trash. No, we need to understand why things turned out this way.”he specifies.
For LeBron James, it's simple, he and his teammates were unable to maintain their level of play throughout the game. And even less in the last quarter.
“It’s all about consistency. No matter what we do for 47 minutes and 30 seconds, we have to conclude. What we didn't do. We must do better in this area. Nevertheless, we are delighted and satisfied with certain things we did in the first two meetings. But we have to be better to conclude. »
