“We did enough in defense, but not enough in attack. » Anthony Davis summed up the Lakers' performance in Minneapolis well. Difficult to say the opposite when we finished with 87 points scored at 38% shooting success and 28% at 3-pts. Without forgetting, and how can we forget them, the 21 lost balloons…
“They came in many ways”, notes JJ Redick. “We tried to pass through mouse holes. We never want to give balls to the opponent after a basket and offer a dunk. Other passes were missed because we were not in position. Stray balloons killed us. »
The Lakers lost no less than ten balls in the first quarter alone!
“A lot of it, in the first act, is my fault because I didn’t organize the team,” believes Austin Reaves, who only lost one ball, however, in the first twelve minutes. “I haven't been on the field for two weeks and I've been a little undecided. I have to do better. »
The worst offense in the league in December
Never truly dropped, the Californians were nevertheless never able to shake the Wolves precisely because of the waste, in the shoot as in the game. “I felt like they had control of the game,” indicates the coach. “As soon as we got closer, as soon as we could potentially regain control, we were shooting ourselves in the foot. »
This is where LeBron James was missed, absent for the second time in a row due to foot pain. His absence, certainly known and announced, does not yet have a timetable since, when the Lakers coach is asked if he knows when his superstar will be back on the floor, he can only answer: ” No. »
But problems already existed with the team's best creator. Over the last seven matches (five defeats), the Los Angeles players quite simply display the worst attack in the NBA! They only score 99.6 points on average (and the 132 units in Atlanta help to increase it) and only 100.9 points per 100 possessions. So much so that they are at the bottom of the league's attacks in December…
