Los Angeles Lakers head coach JJ Redick didn’t maintain again in candidly expressing his frustration over the staff’s humiliating 41-point defeat towards the Miami Warmth.
Talking to the media within the aftermath of their 134-93 brutal street loss, the rookie mentor was visibly dejected on the Lakers‘ persevering with downslide which noticed one other main bump on Wednesday evening.
“Must be some possession,” Redick stated. “You’ll be able to splinter, and it’s straightforward to not need the possession, significantly when it’s embarrassing.
“I’m embarrassed. We’re all embarrassed. It’s not a sport that I assumed we had the fitting struggle, the fitting professionalism.”
From the opening tip up till the ultimate buzzer, the Lakers had been actually lifeless on each ends of the ground. Because of this, they paid the value by enduring the worst lack of their season into the arms of the Warmth.
After a tough stretch up to now six video games, LeBron James managed to brush off his private hunch with 29 factors in 12-of-28 capturing, however he couldn’t save his reeling group from being torched by the red-hot Warmth that tied their franchise common season report for many made three-pointers (24-of-37) which was led by Tyler Herro’s 31 game-high markers.
Anthony Davis shouldered the burden of duty in Los Angeles’ latest forgettable loss towards the Warmth. Davis was utterly disappointing with a horrible 8 lowly factors in 3-of-14 capturing — a lot even worse to the 12-point output he tallied of their Monday loss towards the Minnesota Timberwolves.
“I personally simply suppose it begins with me,” Davis stated. “If I play higher, then guys play higher. I undoubtedly take accountability, particularly the final couple of video games. Simply not being there for the staff on the offensive finish.”
In a serious flip of occasions, the Lakers have peculiarly crumbled from a pointy decline ever since their promising 10-4 season beginnings. They now have misplaced their previous six video games by an enormous common of 21.8 factors.
Per Jovan Buha of The Athletic, Redick is planning to individually interact with the teaching workers, his gamers (as a gaggle), and sure gamers in hopes of recovering the staff from the downward progress.
“There needs to be some possession on the courtroom, and I’ll take all of the possession on the earth,” Redick stated. “That is my staff and I lead it and I’m embarrassed. However I can’t bodily get us organized. I can’t bodily be into the basketball. I can’t bodily discuss and name out [switches] and bodily name out coverages. … And by the way in which, I’m not blaming gamers. It’s not.
“I personal this, however going to want some possession on the courtroom as nicely. … There’s not a way from me that we’re collectively proper now.”
Scrambling for solutions, the Lakers will try to take a determined bounce again and return to the win column on Friday towards the Atlanta Hawks.
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