Lakers should learn from Kings loss and move on

Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports

Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James had a stellar performance against the Sacramento Kings on Wednesday night. James scored 28 points, 10 rebounds and 12 assists, achieving his 108th career triple-double, surpassing Jason Kidd and ranking fifth in history.

Unfortunately, that effort ultimately failed, and the Lakers lost their first home game of the season to the Sacramento Kings, largely due to turnovers. The Lakers committed a total of 23 turnovers, and LeBron was responsible for six of them on the night, knowing that it really cost them in this game.

“A lot.” “It had an impact on the game, especially the turnovers,” James said after the loss. “They did a great job running the passing lanes and we turned the ball over too many times and let them score on our turnovers. There were a few times when we had good defensive stops or other situations where they broke up our run , and they were able to read some of our passes.”

Turnovers are always the great equalizer, and that was certainly the case tonight. The Lakers actually shot better from the field and from the 3-point line, but Sacramento took 13 more shots than the Lakers overall, mostly due to turnovers and offensive rebounds.

The Lakers did mount a late charge to cut a 26-point fourth-quarter deficit to single digits, but LeBron didn’t get much help from it. “We trailed so many times throughout the game and the game was almost always going on. They played very well,” James added.

“You could tell they came in with a lot of fresh legs and they looked like us from the beginning, like we did three-quarters of the night. But I didn’t take anything away from that fourth-quarter push. .”

The Lakers also didn’t have much time to focus on the loss as they return to the court on Friday night. LeBron believes the team will watch a small piece of tape, but with so many games ahead, the Lakers would be wise to learn from this game and move on.

“I think if it’s not tomorrow or Friday when we have shootaround or meetings, we’ll look at it a little bit. But like you said, we have so many games that are coming up quickly and they’re going to fly by Development. It’s four nights and three nights. We play Friday. We play Sunday. We’ve got a lot of games to play. You can learn from some of your mistakes. You can learn from some of the good things that you’ve done. But then you Just keep going.”

The Lakers are still ironing out some issues, but as James said, they have a lot of important games coming up, so focusing too much on one loss is not ideal.

LeBron James discusses Lakers’ 3-point shooting

Although the Lakers’ three-point shooting percentage was obviously not as good as the previous game, they once again shot a stable 37.9% against the Kings. After that night against the Grizzlies, LeBron made it clear that he felt like the Lakers had a good performance.

“I thought we were good in the first 10 games,” James said after the win over the Rockets. Memphis. “But we’ve got a good start for the next 10 seasons.”

The Lakers are creating great opportunities for themselves, and while they didn’t hit that level against the Kings, it’s clear that the team is starting to break down those open looks at a higher rate, which greatly improves the team’s overall quality.

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