How did the Lakers let slip a 17-point lead in the fourth quarter against the Pacers? LeBron James first paid tribute to Tyrese Haliburton, who orchestrated Indiana’s comeback.
“Everything has to go wrong to lose a match like this, and everything went wrong”, Los Angeles winger formulawho was at 403 wins for a single career loss, when his team led by 17 points in the last quarter. “You have to pay tribute to Indiana. They continued to fight. They kept pushing. »
Anthony Davis regrets the bad choices of his teammates…
Everyone had their own version of events. Dominant in the first three quarters (22 points at 8/13, 13 rebounds, 6 assists and 3 blocks), Anthony Davis had only two shots in the final quarter. But for the interior, it was linked to the two-man Pacers, and he especially regretted the bad choices of his teammates.
“This team was ready, in my opinion, to let go. And we let her back into the game. We started to disrespect the game. The beginning of the fourth quarter, complicated shots offered quick baskets, mainly 3-pointers” thus plagues the interior of Los Angeles.
Without naming him, Anthony Davis still emphasizes the choices of LeBron James. Because in the fourth quarter, the “King” multiplied the sequences in isolation, ending this period at 2/8 shooting. No question, however, for Darvin Ham to question the choices of the quadruple NBA champion…
“These are shots he normally takes, it’s just that the ball didn’t go in tonight” assures the technician. “I’m comfortable with him taking those shots. »
In the second half, the Lakers relied too much on the energy of Russell Westbrook according to their coach.
“We can’t be in situations where we give him the ball, everyone staying put, to dribble while nibbling the clock”regrets Darvin Ham. “We’re waiting for someone to play one-on-one against the rest of the world. It’s hard. It’s a huge responsibility to have to score in these situations. »
A last symptomatic possession
That’s for offensive problems. The final possession also displayed the defensive limits of this group, with poor communication between Anthony Davis and Russell Westbrook who offered a completely open 3-pointer on the throw-in to Myles Turner, and a generally lost Los Angeles defense.
“We missed coverage at the start, and Myles Turner got his 3-pointer open” describes LeBron James. “The cover was already bad at the start and that’s why it was messy afterwards. »
Like this start to the season in Los Angeles, where the slightest grain of sand causes disaster.
Currently 13th in the West, with 7 wins for 12 losses, the Lakers also have a particularly complicated schedule in December, with 12 away games (Milwaukee, Washington, Cleveland, Toronto, Philadelphia, Detroit, Phoenix, Sacramento , Dallas, Orlando, Miami and Atlanta) and only 5 at Cyrpto.com Arena (Portland, Boston, Denver, Washington and Charlotte). It remains to be seen where they will be to start 2023…
The Lakers’ miscommunication led to the Pacers’ open 3s. When Myles Turner came up for the screen, Anthony Davis pointed for a switch. Russell Westbrook followed Bennedict Mathurin to the corner instead, which gave Turner a great look. LA was all off from that point forward. pic.twitter.com/JN422WCmO5
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| Shots | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | bp | Int | CT | party | Points |
| Anthony Davis | 16 | 34.3 | 57.0 | 21.1 | 82.5 | 3.4 | 9.3 | 12.8 | 2.5 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 2.9 | 26.3 |
| lebron james | 12 | 35.5 | 46.3 | 28.7 | 74.2 | 1.5 | 7.4 | 8.9 | 6.4 | 3.9 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 2.1 | 25.8 |
| lonnie walker | 16 | 32.1 | 47.9 | 37.2 | 84.4 | 0.3 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 1.8 | 17.1 |
| Russell Westbrook | 17 | 28.3 | 39.4 | 30.6 | 72.9 | 1.1 | 4.2 | 5.2 | 7.4 | 3.6 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 2.5 | 14.8 |
| Austin Reaves | 18 | 28.3 | 52.7 | 38.0 | 92.2 | 0.7 | 2.6 | 3.3 | 2.1 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 1.6 | 10.1 |
| Thomas Bryant | 4 | 16.3 | 80.0 | 0.0 | 61.5 | 0.5 | 4.8 | 5.3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 10.0 |
| Dennis Schroder | 5 | 23.5 | 40.0 | 36.4 | 100.0 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 3.2 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 9.0 |
| Troy Brown, Jr. | 16 | 26.0 | 44.7 | 32.1 | 100.0 | 0.8 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 8.1 |
| Kendrick Nunn | 16 | 14.1 | 37.4 | 29.4 | 85.7 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 5.9 |
| Wenyen Gabriel | 16 | 14.0 | 64.2 | 30.0 | 83.3 | 0.8 | 2.4 | 3.3 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 1.9 | 5.4 |
| matt ryan | 11 | 11.6 | 31.3 | 38.2 | 80.0 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 4.3 |
| Patrick Beverly | 14 | 27.4 | 26.6 | 23.8 | 82.4 | 0.6 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 2.9 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 3.1 | 4.1 |
| Max Christie | 9 | 10.4 | 47.1 | 54.5 | 75.0 | 0.1 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 2.8 |
| Damian Jones | 10 | 8.0 | 47.6 | 0.0 | 70.0 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 2.5 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 2.7 |
| Juan Toscano Anderson | 11 | 11.3 | 40.0 | 18.2 | 80.0 | 0.1 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 2.4 |
| Scotty Pippen, Jr. | 2 | 4.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 75.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 |
| cole swider | 1 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
