“These are teams we have to beat. » D'Angelo Russell, before this last stop in Washington, had summarized this “road trip” of Lakers. Because these six matches, five of which were in the Eastern Conference, did not represent, on paper, a major challenge for Los Angeles.
Only the Bucks and Pacers had a better record than the point guard and his teammates. Nine days later, mission successful for the Californians, with victories in Milwaukee, Memphis, Brooklyn, Toronto and Washington.
Progress to be made in defense
“I find that offensively, we were very consistent in our movement of the ball”, welcomes LeBron James. “We still have to correct stupidly lost balls, but we are in the right rhythm. Defensively, we're not bad from time to time, even if we can be better at other times. As soon as we needed stops, we managed to make them. »
The Lakers could have ended these trips on a bad note because, with 100 seconds remaining against the Wizards, they had a 14-point lead and would then concede an 11-2. Darvin Ham will have to put LeBron James, Rui Hachimura and Austin Reaves back on the floor for just 17 seconds…
On the same dynamic as in 2023
“I hate the term 'garbage time'. We're in the NBA, so even if there are 50 seconds left, you have to play hard. If this is not the case, then we stay at home”gets angry the Los Angeles coach, who saw Anthony Davis block a 3-point attempt twelve seconds from time.
The essentials are assured. The Lakers, with eight victories in nine matches, return to Los Angeles with the feeling of accomplishment. “It took us 48 minutes, but the road trip was good. Excellent even »concludes LeBron James.
| Shots | Rebounds | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | MJ | Min | Shots | 3pts | L.F. | Off | Def | Early | Pd | Bp | Int | Ct | Party | Pts |
| LeBron James | 66 | 35.1 | 53.6 | 41.7 | 74.7 | 0.8 | 6.4 | 7.3 | 8.1 | 3.3 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 25.4 |
| Anthony Davis | 71 | 35.8 | 55.4 | 27.6 | 81.1 | 3.1 | 9.6 | 12.7 | 3.5 | 2.1 | 1.1 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 24.6 |
| Angelo Russell | 70 | 32.4 | 46.0 | 42.1 | 81.7 | 0.4 | 2.7 | 3.1 | 6.4 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 2.1 | 18.2 |
| Austin Reaves | 76 | 32.1 | 48.5 | 36.3 | 86.5 | 0.7 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 5.6 | 2.1 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 1.8 | 15.9 |
| Rui Hachimura | 62 | 26.5 | 53.7 | 42.2 | 73.6 | 0.8 | 3.3 | 4.1 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 13.3 |
| Taurean Prince | 72 | 27.5 | 44.0 | 39.3 | 71.9 | 0.3 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 9.0 |
| Christian Wood | 50 | 17.4 | 46.6 | 30.7 | 70.2 | 0.8 | 4.3 | 5.1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 6.9 |
| Spencer Dinwiddie | 22 | 24.7 | 38.1 | 37.1 | 82.9 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 2.0 | 6.4 |
| Cam Reddish | 46 | 20.9 | 39.0 | 33.3 | 75.9 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 5.5 |
| Jared Vanderbilt | 29 | 20.0 | 51.8 | 29.6 | 66.7 | 1.4 | 3.3 | 4.8 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 5.2 |
| Gabe Vincent | 6 | 23.6 | 36.1 | 10.5 | 50.0 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 2.7 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 4.8 |
| Max Christie | 62 | 15.0 | 43.4 | 36.5 | 77.3 | 0.2 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 4.5 |
| Jaxson Hayes | 64 | 12.1 | 70.3 | 0.0 | 63.0 | 1.0 | 1.9 | 2.9 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1.8 | 4.1 |
| From me Hodge | 7 | 5.9 | 33.3 | 25.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 2.0 |
| Colin Castleton | 11 | 4.7 | 58.3 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 1.6 |
| Jalen Hood-schifino | 21 | 5.2 | 22.2 | 13.3 | 60.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 1.6 |
| Skylar Mays | 14 | 5.1 | 50.0 | 40.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 1.6 |
| Dylan Windler | 8 | 3.5 | 44.4 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1.5 |
| Alex Fudge | 4 | 3.6 | 16.7 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1.0 |
| Harry Giles | 6 | 2.8 | 16.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Maxwell Lewis | 29 | 3.3 | 21.1 | 14.3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
