With a third straight loss to point to 26 wins and 31 losses, in 9th place in the West, the Lakers could logically have been shot down in the bays of the Chase Center.
But LeBron James and his comrades were on the contrary quite positive after the meeting.
“I just felt like we were connected”explained the King. “I felt we were connected from the first in-between. Obviously, the result is different from what we hoped for but I really had the feeling that we were more connected than we ever were. It was a nice feeling on the pitch. “
Are Frank Vogel’s troupe relieved to have passed the “trade deadline”? We could expect an explosion, with in particular the rumors around Russell Westbrook, but the Lakers ultimately did not move.
LeBron James, however, assured that no one had discussed this relief within the group, but the impression indeed seemed shared. Russell Westbrook said to himself “optimistic” for the future and “happy with the way” which his team had played. Anthony Davis was probably the most talkative on the subject.
“I was never really concerned, except in New Orleans when I asked for it, but it was the same thing last year”explained the interior. “Every time your name is mentioned in exchanges, it weighs. There is the idea of moving to another city. We’re starting to think that the team doesn’t want us. Stuff like that. Once those things are behind you, you’re left with 15 guys in a locker room. It takes the pressure off everyone. Well, that’s what we have. Let’s go. “
Anthony Davis thus ensures that the energy was different within the team over the past two days.
“The guys had more desire, confidence, energy. We played with more determination. If we continue to play like this for the rest of the year, we will put ourselves in a good position to succeed. “
You’ll have to hurry though…
| Shots | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | bp | Int | CT | party | Points |
| lebron james | 39 | 36.7 | 52.6 | 35.4 | 75.3 | 1.1 | 6.6 | 7.7 | 6.5 | 3.2 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 2.3 | 29.1 |
| Anthony Davis | 35 | 35.6 | 53.7 | 17.2 | 71.2 | 2.9 | 7.1 | 10.0 | 2.9 | 2.2 | 1.3 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 23.5 |
| Russell Westbrook | 55 | 34.6 | 43.5 | 29.8 | 66.5 | 1.4 | 6.5 | 7.8 | 7.6 | 4.1 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 3.0 | 18.3 |
| carmelo anthony | 50 | 26.5 | 43.7 | 39.2 | 82.4 | 0.8 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 2.2 | 13.4 |
| Malik Monk | 50 | 27.2 | 47.0 | 40.3 | 78.7 | 0.4 | 2.9 | 3.3 | 2.5 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 1.6 | 13.0 |
| Talen Horton-tucker | 40 | 25.7 | 41.0 | 26.9 | 79.7 | 0.6 | 2.6 | 3.2 | 2.6 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 2.5 | 9.5 |
| isaiah thomas | 4 | 25.2 | 30.8 | 22.7 | 72.7 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 3.0 | 9.2 |
| Sekou Doumbouya | 2 | 8.2 | 62.5 | 50.0 | 75.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 7.0 |
| Stanley Johnson | 22 | 22.4 | 48.7 | 32.0 | 67.7 | 0.7 | 2.6 | 3.3 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 3.0 | 6.7 |
| Avery Bradley | 48 | 23.7 | 41.0 | 37.6 | 85.7 | 0.5 | 1.8 | 2.3 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 1.9 | 6.6 |
| Wayne Ellington | 34 | 19.3 | 39.9 | 39.2 | 80.0 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 6.3 |
| Austin Reaves | 37 | 21.1 | 47.1 | 32.2 | 82.4 | 0.6 | 2.0 | 2.6 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 5.9 |
| Dwight Howard | 41 | 14.5 | 62.1 | 66.7 | 61.2 | 1.9 | 3.5 | 5.4 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 2.0 | 5.2 |
| Trevor Ariza | 18 | 19.5 | 36.2 | 33.3 | 70.0 | 0.3 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 4.2 |
| Deandre Jordan | 31 | 12.9 | 67.0 | 0.0 | 48.0 | 1.6 | 3.9 | 5.5 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 4.2 |
| Kent Bazemore | 31 | 14.7 | 32.8 | 35.4 | 76.5 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 3.7 |
| Rajon Rondo | 18 | 16.1 | 32.4 | 26.7 | 50.0 | 0.6 | 2.2 | 2.7 | 3.7 | 1.9 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 3.1 |
| mason jones | 2 | 4.4 | 25.0 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 2.5 |
| jemerrio jones | 2 | 7.4 | 66.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 |
| Darren Collison | 3 | 12.4 | 28.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 1.3 |
| Chaundee Brown | 2 | 10.3 | 14.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
| Jay Huff | 4 | 5.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
