The Lakers have been struggling as late.
Over the previous few weeks, the Los Angeles Lakers have been struggling to string collectively the required wins that will get them right into a playf spot. It has been a tough patch for the workforce that at one level this season, was ranked fourth within the Western Convention. Since coming back from damage, LeBron James hasn’t seemed the identical and neither has Rajon Rondo. Final evening although, each participant got here alive because the Lakers defeated the New Orleans Pelicans 125-119. LeBron dropped 33 factors, whereas Rondo added 11 factors and 16 assists. In response to ESPN, it was a dialog between Rondo and head coach Luke Walton that helped spark up the squad.
“It was an trustworthy dialog,” Walton mentioned in keeping with ESPN. “It was wholesome and constructive.” Because the report states, the dialog was solely between Walton and Rondo and lasted a reasonably very long time.
In the meantime, Rondo joked that his poor play as late was the end result some again ache from “sleeping on a foul mattress in Jamaica.”
As for the sport itself, James was proud of the win, saying: “We had been in a position to get tempo. We had 19 fast-break factors. We had 37 assists. Between me and ‘Do, we had 26 assists and the workforce] solely had eight turnovers. Clearly that ratio was ridiculous. That is some Golden State s— proper there. … By us not turning the ball over, it allowed us to set our half-court protection and we seemed fairly rattling good.”
The Lakers now sit at a file 30-31 and are ranked 10th within the Western Convention. They’re three video games out a playf spot with 21 matches left to go.