The Lakers crashed this Wednesday in their visit to the Atlanta Hawks (138-122), while LeBron James’ patience is running out. “We could beat any NBA team any night and on any night they could kick our ass,” said the ’23’ from Los Angeles after suffering the second consecutive defeat in two days with the purple and gold.
“I don’t have any message for my teammates. Just go out and do your job,” he added to his ‘King James’ statement. The 39-year-old power forward was close to scoring a triple-double last night (20 points, eight assists and nine rebounds) and was one of the leaders of the Lakers, given the loss of Anthony Davis due to tendinopathy in the tendon. of Achilles.
Although Austin Tayler was the top scorer on his team this Tuesday with 28 points, the Lakers’ irregularity once again took its toll. And Trae Young took advantage of it. The Hawks point guard signed a double-double in 34 minutes of playing time (26 points, 13 assists and two rebounds).
The Lakers, ninth in the West, are forced to improve and look towards the playoff positions that are three games away. The Angelenos once again have a negative record at this point in the season after the last K.O conceded, in addition to averaging a record of more than 135 points per game in the last five games.
“What is our record? 24-25? That’s who we are. The effort? Sometimes it was, sometimes it wasn’t. That’s our record. It is what it is,” LeBron reflected at the end of the duel against the Hawks. The Lakers will face the Boston Celtics, leaders in the East, in their next game. Afterwards, they will have the New York Knicks and the Charlotte Hornets as rivals.
The triumphs of Joe Mazzulla’s team against the Pacers at TD Garden (129-124) and that of the Warriors against the Philadelphia 76ers in San Francisco (119-107) marked this Tuesday’s day in the NBA.
Stephen Curry with 37 points and Jayson Tatum with 30 led the victories of their respective teams. In the case of the Warriors, this victory means ending a streak of two consecutive games losing by one point: against the Lakers (144-145) and the Kings (133-134).
Joel Embiid, who scored 70 points a week ago against the San Antonio Spurs, did not go beyond 14 points in 28 minutes on the court last night against the Warriors, after missing two games due to discomfort in his left knee.