While the Lakers are enjoying good momentum at the moment (5 wins in a row), D’Angelo Russell is preventing the competition. The Angelinos may not have an incredible record but they will sell their skin dearly.
5 wins in a row including one in Milwaukee without LeBron James, only 2 games away from seventh place, we can say without too much stress that things are going pretty well at the moment for the Los Angeles Lakers.
But despite this positive period for the Purple and Gold, LA nevertheless remains 9th in the West and therefore finds itself far from assured of participating in the Playoffs since it will be necessary (if the ranking remains fixed) to go through the Play-In Tournament and eliminate two teams in a knockout match before joining the spring games.
However, trust remains essential in the City of Angels. If the franchise’s balance sheet is now largely in the positive (41-32), D’Angelo Russell assures us that we should definitely not look at the rankings to judge the level of the Lakers. Comments reported by Michael Scotto from HoopsHype.
“I think we are much better than our record. We are able to adapt in the middle of a match. The problem is we have 12 different players who can be on the field. When you have a random group of five players on the field, the automatisms that we try to put in place happen gradually. A lot of teams have five or six guys who will always have an idea of who will be on the field.
We have a new player every game because you can’t know who will be on the field because of injuries and other things. It’s a good problem. I think that’s why we use 82 games a year to prepare for the postseason. So I think we’re better than our record, and we’re still trying to understand and find our cruising speed. I like where we are.”
It is true that the numerous injuries within the squad (Gabe Vincent and Jarred Vanderbilt in particular) have pushed Darvin Ham to change his plans on more than one occasion. D’Angelo Russell himself went through a sixth man role before coming back strong to never leave the starting five. If Vando and Vincent manage to come out of the infirmary, it will mean even more options and depth for the Lakers who will need all their weapons to hope to reach the Playoffs in mid-April. If they qualify via the Play-in Tournament, the Angelinos could find the Nuggets in the first round, a team that eliminated them last year in the Conference Final.
Source texte : HoopsHype
2024-03-28 13:31:00
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