After the Los Angeles Lakers lost to the Miami Heat on January 3, a dejected Anthony Davis was asked why the Lakers were playing so poorly.
Los Angeles is just 3-9 since winning the In-Season Tournament in Las Vegas.
“It’s a little bit of everything right now,” Davis said. “We’re not executing. That team played harder than us tonight, executed better than us tonight, more physical than us tonight. We got outworked tonight. So it’s a bit of everything right now. If we keep on this trend, it’s not going to be good for us. So it’s kind of obvious that we have to figure it out sooner than later.”
The Lakers are 17-18 on the season. They are in 10th place in the Western Conference standings and the vibe around the team is very negative.
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“Guys being out is not an excuse,” Davis said. “There are no excuses for us. Like coach said (pregame), we have enough in this locker room to win but we just have to go out and compete.”
According to Shams Charania and Jovan Buha of The Athletic, there’s a deepening disconnect between Darvin Ham and the Lakers locker room. Ham has used 10 different starting lineups this season.
“We just got to compete, play hard and go out with a mindset of a must-win mentality, and hopefully that can propel us over to get back to .500 on Friday and then kind of put a streak together at home,” Davis said. “I mean, we’ve been a really good home team thus far, and we got an opportunity to continue to build on that. But if we play how we played tonight, then it’s going to go south for us really bad.”
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Davis has appeared in 33 games this season. He’s averaging 25.2 points, 12.5 rebounds, 3.4 assists, 1.2 steals and 2.7 blocks. The Lakers host the Memphis Grizzlies on January 5. Los Angeles must win that game to quiet the outside noise.
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