Another defeat for the Lakers, the sixth in the last seven games, and another missed “money time”.
What happened so that LeBron James and his troops, who led by 14 points (80-66) in the third quarter, thus collapse at the end of the match, in Memphis? It depends on who we interview …
“We know that we have a lot of players who hit, but the negligent ball losses, where we just return the ball, without pressure or without reason, these are the ones that put us in difficulty”LeBron James explained.
Does the “King” target Russell Westbrook, author of five lost balls? Does he include himself in the lot, while he also lost five balls, including a decisive one with 6.7 seconds to play and a delay of three points? For David Fizdale, the 18 “turnovers” are indeed one of Los Angeles’ major problems, but not the only one.
Too many 3-points according to Russell Westbrook
“What probably hurt us the most at the end of the game were the loss of the ball and the extra action that we weren’t doing, that extra pass to find the teammate unmarked” explains the interim coach.
But for Russell Westbrook, the difference with the victory in Houston comes mainly from the selection of shots of his team. In the fourth quarter, against the Rockets, the Lakers had attacked the circle, finishing the last 12 minutes at 12/21 shooting, including 1/5 from distance. Against the Grizzlies, Los Angeles’ game was all about looking for a 3-point, often after one or two assists, and the team completed the final quarter at 7/20, including 2/10 from afar.
“You can watch the videos of both matches and see where our shots were coming from”, railed the leader. “This time it wasn’t really in the painting. “
LeBron James and Russell Westbrook are probably each (in part) right, the loss of the ball and the overuse of the 3-point at the end of the game being linked to the poverty of the Lakers’ offensive play in the “money time”.
| Tirs | Rebounds | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | MJ | Min | Tirs | 3pts | LF | Off | Def | Until | Pd | Bp | Int | Ct | Fte | Pts |
| Lebron James | 23 | 37.1 | 52.0 | 35.3 | 77.6 | 0.9 | 6.1 | 7.0 | 6.7 | 3.5 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 2.3 | 27.6 |
| Anthony Davis | 27 | 35.4 | 52.1 | 17.9 | 72.7 | 2.7 | 7.1 | 9.9 | 2.9 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 23.3 |
| Russell Westbrook | 35 | 36.0 | 45.5 | 31.5 | 64.6 | 1.4 | 6.6 | 8.0 | 8.2 | 4.7 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 3.0 | 19.8 |
| Carmelo Anthony | 35 | 27.4 | 42.7 | 39.6 | 79.5 | 0.9 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 2.3 | 13.5 |
| Talen Horton-tucker | 19 | 29.1 | 38.3 | 22.7 | 80.0 | 0.7 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 2.6 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 3.1 | 10.6 |
| Malik Monk | 30 | 24.7 | 45.9 | 36.7 | 85.3 | 0.4 | 2.4 | 2.8 | 2.2 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 10.6 |
| 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 |
| Stanley Johnson | 2 | 29.7 | 41.7 | 14.3 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 8.0 |
| Trevor Ariza | 2 | 18.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 7.5 |
| Rescue 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 |
| Wayne Ellington | 26 | 21.7 | 37.8 | 36.8 | 80.0 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 6.4 |
| Avery Bradley | 27 | 23.3 | 41.0 | 40.0 | 100.0 | 0.5 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 6.1 |
| Austin Reaves | 17 | 19.7 | 50.0 | 39.0 | 88.2 | 0.3 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 1.7 | 5.8 |
| Dwight Howard | 27 | 15.0 | 61.3 | 75.0 | 61.5 | 1.6 | 3.8 | 5.4 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 4.8 |
| Deandre Jordan | 27 | 13.2 | 67.5 | 0.0 | 58.8 | 1.6 | 4.1 | 5.7 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 1.7 | 4.5 |
| Kent Bazemore | 21 | 18.7 | 33.7 | 34.0 | 76.9 | 0.3 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 2.3 | 4.3 |
| Rondo region | 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 | 2 | 13.3 | 20.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 |
| 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 |
