LeBron James and D’Angelo Russell have spoken out concerning the Lakers’ 114-103 loss to the Denver Nuggets in Recreation 1 of their first-round sequence on Saturday.
James confused the significance of the Lakers paying better consideration to element.
“I’ve by no means performed on a championship group that didn’t take note of element,” he stated. “There’s no ifs, ands or buts about it. You must.”
D’Angelo Russell, who struggled mightily with 13 factors on 6-20 discipline objective taking pictures, additionally spoke to the media and addressed his disappointing efficiency.
“I don’t recall the final time I received 20 pictures,” Russell stated. “So for me to get 20 beauty, not 20 good, most likely 5 or 6 of them have been questionable however I do know what I’m able to.. so truthfully I’m enthusiastic about that… typically the ball simply doesn’t fall.”
D’Angelo Russell on his 6/20 efficiency: pic.twitter.com/49DXRtg0N7
— Lakers Lead (@LakersLead) April 21, 2024
Lakers coach Darvin Ham stated he wasn’t going to bench Russell over one poor taking pictures efficiency, noting that he had helped LA get this far and had lately shot the ball properly towards the New Orleans Pelicans.
Ham added that the Lakers had some extra changes to throw at Nikola Jokic in Recreation 2.
“Shit, it’s robust,” Ham stated. “A championship group isn’t going to beat itself.”
The Lakers and Nuggets will play Recreation 2 in Denver on Wednesday.
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