he three game win streak is over, and in relatively embarrassing fashion. The Lakers lost to the Kings Wednesday night at the Crypt by 15 in a game that wasn’t that close, really. Final score, 125-110, as the Lakers fell back into all the habits fans hoped they had dropped in Tuesday’s win.
Bad first quarter putting themselves deep in a hole? Check.
Too many turnovers? Cheeeeeeeeck, check, check. 23 in total. So much check.
Problems on the defensive glass? Check.
But one thing they thought they were past? A terrible game from Anthony Davis. Because that, for the first time since the season opener, was a big ol’ check. Davis himself said as much, even while acknowledging (when prompted and asked about it specifically) that his hip/adductor muscle is still bugging him. He definitely looked uncomfortable, but bottom line? Davis was bad. Offensively, he was a non-entity. Defensively, four blocks are misleading, because Domantis Sabonis had his way with Davis all night.
All players, even superstars, have off nights. But the issue with Davis is that his worst games seem to have a floor that is much lower than other bad games from great players. And the Lakers can’t have it.
Meanwhile, what’s up with Austin Reaves? He seems to have moved past the stretch of just abjectly awful play on a personal level, but Wednesday was an example of how moving to the wider team context, he’s still not on the same page as his teammates often enough.
Maybe the league is continuing to adjust to Reaves, maybe Reaves is pressing, maybe it’s just a matter of reps. Maybe all of it. But for the time being, Reaves as floor general isn’t working as efficiently as the Lakers want/need.
Something to watch.
HOSTS: Andy and Brian Kamenetzky
SEGMENT 1: The Lakers were incredibly careless on Wednesday and paid the price.
SEGMENT 2: AD was really bad. What was going on?
SEGMENT 3: What’s off about the rhythm of Reaves as a floor general?
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33 Comments
Man be excuses for Austin Reeves are crazy bro. You can't call out LeBron and dlow from 7:45 to 9:12 about turnovers when they scored 28 points each and then make excuses for Austin Reeves, fellas we absolutely love your videos no question we really do but you can't omit Austin Reeves, his turnovers and 9 points. he came off the bench and played with the same players against the blazers and Memphis, Austin Reeves just has to be better and not just when playing scrubs teams, because that's what it been this year
After 5 min i turned it off, horrendous effort & energy to start a game against the kings, who always play like their in a playoff game.
Both Lebron and AR and Prince played too much. AD was not interested
What sticks out in this episode is the inability for them to plainly say Reaves had a horrible game
Lebron was a turnover machine in the 1st qtr. he has over 5,000 turnovers in his career he is or will be #1 with that stat
Say it Reaves is being a ball hog
Andy your brother is an idiot Reaves how about passing the ball without turning it over
Andy your brother is condoning Reaves being a ball hog ball hog. He needs to let the game come to him. Stop being worried about your f-ing stats like Lebron
Trade AD. Lol
We need a consistent 10-10 guy! So if AD nosho we can still have a good chance!
Crazy during their turnover rant they maybe mentioned reaves once … Reaves was the main issure last night for the lakers outside of a shitty AD game
I’m convinced AR needs some time off . Playing in the international team didn’t help
We can beat only bad teams or good teams with a lot of injuries,we don't have one win against any good or complete team.This team doesn't suppose to depend on Lebron so much when AD is the one who supposed to be the face of the team and the superstar who supposed to carry this team,yesterday Sabonis Made him look like a rookie
AD has a defeatist and passive demeanor that a superstar franchise player cannot have, even when he’s having a good game, he seems to sulk and lets physicality knock him off mentally. Any type of contact that causes pain he shies away from. He’s typically not the aggressor. He’s the king of fade-away layups lol Demand the ball, impose your will. Dunk the ball. Instill fear. It’s a mentality he doesn’t seem to have!!! You have smaller players who body him up and he flails to the ground. Unacceptable. Become the Alpha the Lakers need you to be. Fans are frustrated because we see the potential.
Brian my man , I don't think it was very wise to say "the in season tournament where the Lakers never lose " lol we really don't wanna fall below .500 !
Ad doesn’t want to play center man why can’t yah get it
HAM IS NOT A GOOD COACH SORRY THIS NOT ON AD
Is it me or does Austin bring the ball up the court way too leisurely? That combined with over dribbling seems to be a constant recipe for disaster. Or when he drives into the paint and gets stuck in the same frantic manner. Need my guy to wake up.
AD's injury flared up. i saw when it happened.
I can’t believe y’all read LeBron’s stat line then focused on his turnovers… 🤦🏾♂️ He’s old y’all… We signed all these young dudes who get destroyed by guys making less money then them.
Salute to AK and BK for your pod earlier this week where you featured and praised Dlo. I think the media (in general) and us fans over-criticize and under-appreciate Dlo… while conversely overhyping and under-criticizing Reaves. Dlo is our 3rd leading scorer and leading the team in assist. If Reaves had those numbers, people would be going Crazy about how great he is, but with Dlo he's still in trade rumors lol. If Reaves was living up to all the hype he got this summer it's not unfair to think this team would possibly be better. (i.e. first game against Sac we lost by 5… this man only had 5 points) again this is just based the fact we were told he was an All-star level player all summer. But to Reaves credit he owns his sub-par play. So I'm still a fan of Reaves, just not a fan of the coverage of Reaves (by some media/fans).
AD can never be a #1 franchise's player
AD is essentially the polar opposite of Kevin Garnett. AD comes up small vs undersized European players whereas KG would pick fights with them & scream into the heavens after every putback.
Chasing that Kings team and acting like a B2B isn’t an advantage for Sacramento.
I think AD is silently protecting he has to play center all the time. Ham is defph
Tell the truth y’all. It wasn’t Fox. It was sabonis out playing AD by a large margin.
The main issue with the lakers I see is Lebron is the only guy on the team who is consistent on the offensive end. Everyone else will play great one game and then play terribly the next Including AD.
Chillllllllllll the fk out!!! Everyone even the kam brothers!!!! Ad can have a fkn day of shitty night whenever it needs to happen!!!! Fkn relax get off his back he’s not getting traded and anyways alll the shit everyone talks or want to have a take on it It don’t fkn matter LAJERS GONNA DO WHATEVER THEY WANT AND THE PLAYERS GONNA DO WHATEVER THEY WANT SO TKA E A SEAT AND FKN CHILL!!!!!! IM A DIE HARD SINCE 75 I won’t accept supposedly real fans talk shit about my guy HES WEARING THE PURPLE N GOLD PROUDLY N BROUGHT US 17 so relax cut him some slack… LETS SEE U ALL U BE SUPER MAN N BE PERFECT 10000000% of 10000000% of alllll the time and allll the teams u play ??? Go lakers
This the guy yall keep trying to prop up over LeBron James?
Night of the Living Dead at The Crypt!
Another game lost after 3 quarters where Ham refused to pull LBJ and AD. Another doomed run that created some drama, great. In the NBA some nights are just not your night and you just need to accept that and minimise the damage.
If injuries happen later this season i will blame Ham.
Lakers wasting LBJ's time…get someone else!
The optimism around this team baffles me