” I believe things are going in the right direction. That’s all one can ask for. These are the words of Russell Westbrook in reference to the situation of the Lakers, stuck in 14th place in their conference but who have the merit of having won their last game, Sunday against the Nets.
The day before this meeting, on Saturday, the Californians had followed a banal video session. Less banal than usual because the men of Darvin Ham then remained on five defeats in a row, and two small victories in twelve games.
” We had the conversations that a team with two wins and ten losses should have. On what each player can do best, what we were going to do best collectively. The staff, the medical staff, everyone. We wanted to solve the problem before the game in Brooklyn. And it worked for us », reports Anthony Davis.
The latter could have added that this exchange had “worked” particularly well for him personally. Sometimes forgotten since the start of the season, the interior signed one of his best games since wearing the Lakers jersey with 37 points (15/25 on shots) and 18 rebounds. Faced with the Nets who, it must be remembered, were not in the best shape either and did not have the internal weapons to fight.
No bad idea
It must still be believed that this meeting, during which LeBron James, Russell Westbrook, Patrick Beverley or “AD” spoke, was beneficial for the group. ” Everyone intervenes. There is no bad idea. The only bad idea is to have no idea. We all participate together. No one blames others, it’s about tackling what we can do better, mistakes. How can we be better, a better band “, continues Darvin Ham.
Anthony Davis speaks of a moment marked by ” a lot of emotions “. ” The guys expressed their opinions. With some clashes but it was with the aim of trying to improve. Even though there were heated discussions, it was: ‘OK, I hear what you say, you hear what I say. So what is the solution? Instead of constantly confronting each other. So it was a good dialogue “, Qualifies the interior who had pointed the finger at the choices of Russell Westbrook in the defeat against the Kings.
With the reception of the Pistons on Friday, then the Spurs on Sunday, the Lakers have two great opportunities in front of them to show how much this session has done them good.
| Shots | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | bp | Int | CT | party | Points |
| lebron james | 10 | 35.7 | 45.7 | 23.9 | 66.7 | 1.8 | 7.0 | 8.8 | 6.9 | 3.4 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 2.0 | 24.9 |
| Anthony Davis | 12 | 34.5 | 54.2 | 25.0 | 78.6 | 3.6 | 7.6 | 11.2 | 2.5 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 3.1 | 24.3 |
| lonnie walker | 11 | 31.0 | 47.2 | 35.7 | 81.3 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 2.1 | 16.5 |
| Russell Westbrook | 12 | 29.3 | 41.2 | 34.0 | 80.8 | 1.2 | 4.3 | 5.5 | 7.2 | 3.8 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 2.7 | 16.3 |
| Troy Brown, Jr. | 11 | 27.5 | 44.6 | 32.6 | 100.0 | 0.9 | 4.2 | 5.1 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 9.5 |
| Austin Reaves | 13 | 26.9 | 47.9 | 36.1 | 87.9 | 0.7 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 8.5 |
| Wenyen Gabriel | 11 | 13.5 | 62.9 | 20.0 | 70.0 | 0.6 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 2.1 | 4.7 |
| Kendrick Nunn | 11 | 13.5 | 30.9 | 22.9 | 66.7 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 4.7 |
| matt ryan | 10 | 12.2 | 34.1 | 41.9 | 80.0 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 4.7 |
| Patrick Beverly | 11 | 28.1 | 27.8 | 23.5 | 86.7 | 0.8 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 3.0 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 3.2 | 4.6 |
| Max Christie | 8 | 11.5 | 47.1 | 54.5 | 75.0 | 0.1 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 3.1 |
| Damian Jones | 9 | 8.4 | 47.6 | 0.0 | 70.0 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 2.7 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 3.0 |
| Juan Toscano Anderson | 10 | 12.3 | 40.0 | 18.2 | 80.0 | 0.1 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 2.6 |
| 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 |
