The return of D’Angelo Russell to the Lakers will be able to restart. Returned to Los Angeles at the “trade deadline” as part of the transfer of Russell Westbrookthe leader had to join the infirmary in his fourth game, the fault of a sprained ankle suffered against the Warriors.
Here he is now on his feet, ready to return tonight against the Raptors, after six games away.
“My style of play allows me not to compensate too much for an injury like this, when it concerns my ankle or my knee, because I’m not really explosive” he explainswhile it should not be limited in terms of playing time. “So from that side, it’s rather a good thing for me. »
The 2nd choice of the Draft 2015 will also find its place in the five major of Los Angeles, Dennis Schröder therefore recovering a role of 6th man, as explained by Darvin Ham.
“I know starting is important to a lot of people, but at the end of the day, the five that finishes games is a bit more important and Dennis is one of the options at that point. »
It is that the German has been valuable, without D’Angelo Russell and without LeBron James, in recent meetings, with 14.3 points and 8.5 assists on average over the last six games. Above all, Los Angeles has won four of the six meetings, against teams from the West: Dallas, Oklahoma City, Golden State and Memphis.
“He was huge” confirms D’Angelo Russell. “He carried the team, he led the team. He did everything he could do. The way he defended on Desmond Bane in the game against Memphis, it was huge. He’s always been like that. Hyper-competitive, leading guys by example, offensively and defensively. He is huge. »
| D’Angelo Russell | Percentage | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Crew | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | party | Int | bp | CT | Points |
| 2015-16 | ALL | 80 | 28 | 41.0 | 35.1 | 73.7 | 0.6 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 2.5 | 0.2 | 13.2 |
| 2016-17 | ALL | 63 | 29 | 40.5 | 35.2 | 78.2 | 0.5 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 4.8 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 2.8 | 0.3 | 15.6 |
| 2017-18 | BRK | 48 | 26 | 41.4 | 32.4 | 74.0 | 0.6 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 5.2 | 1.9 | 0.8 | 3.1 | 0.4 | 15.5 |
| 2018-19 | BRK | 81 | 30 | 43.4 | 36.9 | 78.0 | 0.7 | 3.2 | 3.9 | 7.0 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 3.1 | 0.3 | 21.1 |
| 2019-20 * | All Teams | 45 | 32 | 42.6 | 36.7 | 80.9 | 0.4 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 6.3 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 3.3 | 0.3 | 23.1 |
| 2019-20 * | GOS | 33 | 32 | 43.0 | 37.4 | 78.5 | 0.4 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 6.2 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 3.1 | 0.3 | 23.6 |
| 2019-20 * | MIN | 12 | 33 | 41.2 | 34.5 | 87.3 | 0.3 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 6.6 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 3.8 | 0.3 | 21.7 |
| 2020-21 | MIN | 42 | 29 | 43.1 | 38.7 | 76.5 | 0.4 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 5.8 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 2.7 | 0.4 | 19.0 |
| 2021-22 | MIN | 65 | 32 | 41.1 | 34.0 | 82.5 | 0.4 | 2.9 | 3.3 | 7.1 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 2.5 | 0.3 | 18.1 |
| 2022-23 * | All Teams | 58 | 32 | 46.4 | 38.9 | 85.0 | 0.5 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 6.1 | 2.1 | 1.1 | 2.6 | 0.4 | 17.6 |
| 2022-23 * | MIN | 54 | 33 | 46.5 | 39.1 | 85.6 | 0.5 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 6.2 | 2.2 | 1.1 | 2.7 | 0.4 | 17.9 |
| 2022-23 * | ALL | 4 | 25 | 44.2 | 35.3 | 76.9 | 0.5 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 5.0 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 13.5 |
| Total | 482 | 30 | 42.4 | 36.0 | 78.9 | 0.5 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 5.7 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 2.8 | 0.3 | 17.7 | |
