Postgame Interview | Darvin Ham reacts to Lakers fall back to .500 with loss to Pelicans to end 2023

Postgame Interview | Darvin Ham reacts to Lakers fall back to .500 with loss to Pelicans to end 2023

The game uh in a calf strain I’m sure you’ll have to get a checked out tomorrow but any initial reading on that and how what’s the concern level uh obviously you lose a player that early in the game and he’s not able to return the the concern level is that you know a

High high high level um but we don’t want to jump to any conclusions we’ll let him go through the process with our medical team and you know go from there just one specific question about the first quarter McCollum hit 53 dude that’s a fine man come on sorry

Yeah uh anyway first quarter CJ hit a bunch of Threes it looked like there were a couple different coverages Darvin but what what were you trying to do defensively and how did he end up getting free like that I mean we talk about shifts and activity and just

Keeping our Pursuit on him obviously and you know he guy is usually playing downhill don’t get me wrong he’s an elite level shooter uh but you know he he does a lot of damage inside the three-point line as well well and just got away from us some of them was you

Know in transition off offensive rebounds and just him you know off the dribble um but you know it’s is so goes the game they they they had you know several guys one two three four five 6 7 well that’s six I’m sorry six different guys that that made

Three-pointers for them and um so you have to live with it four guys that made at least two and so um they they had a good night shooting the ball I think the first game we played them we were 17 for 35 from three tonight they’re 17 for 34 we’re 10 for

32 um and then we gave them you know Second Chance points as well 25 Second Chance points for them 19 fast break points for them um 17 points off our 13 turnovers so just you know it’s a a tough back to back especially with the schedule you

Know the game being moved up an hour after playing a tough one last night in Minnesota but you know there no excuses we’re 17 and 17 about to head home uh just told the team after the you know we we we got a B together Stay Together

Stay competitive go get a chance to go back to our house sleep in our own beds work out of our own building uh and try to defend our home floor over the next 30 days turn this thing around so do you have a lot the next 12

In Los Angeles so certainly that’s a a positive considering everything you guys have been through schedule-wise how do you um as a group make sure the UR urgency um exists to get out of this and not just rely on well the schedules playing in our favor I just think uh you

Got to try to get healthy first and foremost you know we’ve had some unfortunate setbacks in terms of player health over the last I don’t know 40 45 days um um you know with with finally getting G back and then him having to go you know get a procedure done on his

Knee um you know DLo putting his body on the line taking a charge he’s out that’s you know that’s something that’s going to be dayto Day deal cam um and now ruy tonight is just you know the quicker we can get healthy um we’ve seen what this team can be and

What it’s capable of we have to just you know know that each and every day we got to extract the most positives positive uh information we can whether it’s a game day or non-game day in terms of us getting better with what we have and as players get back healthy

And get back into the fold we’ll make sure we integrate them the right way uh but health is uh the greatest of wealth in our business uh we’re 17 and 17 48 left to play so there’s still plenty of time uh but we we you know starting with

Our self-inflicted wounds we we got to stop there’s certain segments of the game where it’s just you know we talk about energy effort and discipline you know not securing defensive rebounds not turning the ball over being great in transition D those three things you know we can start there but even before that

Our player heal we have to get we we have to get healthy Darin I know you won’t use it as an excuse but you know pregame you tell us like we’ve got this lineup this is going to be what we look like for the seable future it lasted 8 minutes right

It’s part it’s part of you like just like come on yeah I mean you you it’s it’s easy to get discouraged I mean the disappointment is a part of everyday life but you just can’t get discouraged you know it’s just you have you have to constantly focus on the positive see the

Glass half full and again you know some of the things we went through last season you know just trying to figure out our playing style and identity and then once we were consistently competitive trying to you know get more detail with the the pieces that fit

Around our two big dogs and and and Bron and AD and then uh once we figured that out just to hunker down on again the principles that we want to uh stand on in terms of how we present ourselves to the rest of the league and our opponents

So it it’s the same type formula uh I think last year this time may have been 14 or 20 but no one wants to be 17 and 17 some of the games we’ve uh some of the Clos on we’ve lost and some of thefor unfortunate circumstances of not having guys in the

Lineup or you know being out of rhythm because we’re trying to reintegrate guys into the lineup all of that is it just it just builds your character you know you see who you really are when You Face adversity and you know I’ve been through

A lot of tough things in my life and so this is just another challenge I look forward to figuring out along with my staff and every everyone within the organization Darin reiterating reiterating what we were saying Lakers looking forward to getting back on home turf having said that let’s talk a

Little LeBron James one day into year 39 he has 348 and five but I just think big picture what he expecting from LBJ in 2024 as we turn the calendar year big game well Dar just said it you know LeBron knows that they’re not where they should

Be where he wants to be and and I don’t see him changing his mentality home he realizes where they’ve been on the road tough won the mid-season tournament that’s over so I think he’s going to get some rest I think LeBron appreciates being home you know more than anybody as hard as he

Works but he’s probably going to have a meeting of the Mind say hey guys we we really got to take care of home and I think he’ll lead them to that that’s what they have to do but LeBron’s I mean his numbers I don’t I don’t see it

Changing I mean he can get 25 in his sleep and if he’s knocking down the three ball it’s you know it makes it very difficult so I don’t see things changing for LeBron I just wish we could get healthy ad’s playing well and get some Synergy and and win a string of

Games need to run off five or six in a row got 30 earlier this month and 23 minutes but to your point big game 34 tonight and 37 minutes played but that mentality you know for him is he’s not satisfied with the 17 we said what 29

Minutes was his quote this year n he’s blowing that out of water yeah for me it’s like you know I think he’s going to go home and says look guys we have to look at the standings if you look at the standings right now you know everybody’s

Pretty much the same from fourth down they said we can make a substantial stand at home and not lose at home that can put us back up into uh the playoffs like maybe five six depending on what happen and that’s what they need to look

At they need to take each game as a game to move up in the standards and not each game is okay do I need to rest here do I need to do this no each game is important for you to get out of the playin game out of the play and make

That position where you’re in a good position before Allstar break cuz Allstar break is only a month away yeah and so they got to make a really good run in this month of January to you know cement themselves out of the like right now what the ninth spot they need to

Move like five or six I mean it’s no surprise that Darin started his press conference with that understanding over the next 30 days the month of January it’s going to be critical for them you don’t want to come back on the backside like it was last season with your backs

Up against the wall fighting just to get into the postseason but you got to guard your yard now nobody beat me in my backyard CU I didn’t have a goal but you can imagine plenty of LeBron fans across the tower your team has destroyed a tower your team has destroyed a

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Postgame Interview | Darvin Ham reacts to Lakers fall back to .500 with loss to Pelicans to end 2023