By Rory Carroll
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The Los Angeles Lakers’ current droop hit what the group can solely hope is all-time low with a humiliating 41-point highway loss to the Miami Warmth on Wednesday that left the first-year head coach JJ Redick searching for solutions.
The Lakers, losers of six of their final eight video games, confirmed little life within the 134-93 loss, which adopted their 29-point loss to the Timberwolves in Minnesota on Monday.
“I’m embarrassed, we’re all embarrassed, it’s embarrassing,” Redick instructed reporters.
“It wasn’t a match the place I assumed we had the suitable struggle, the suitable professionalism… I don’t really feel like we’re collectively proper now.”
A pissed off Redick could not level out a single drawback that wanted to be addressed, saying the group was incapable of executing even the basics of its sport plan.
“We’ve points proper now on each side with primary sport plans. It’s very unusual,” he stated.
The Lakers specifically had no solutions for Miami guard Tyler Herro, who scored a game-high 31 factors and made 9 three-pointers on Wednesday.
The Warmth tied a franchise report for 3-pointers within the competitors with 24.
LeBron James led the Lakers with 29 factors on 12-of-18 taking pictures in opposition to his former group to finish a streak of six straight video games the place he shot below 50 p.c.
The league’s all-time main scorer, taking part in his twenty second season, stated he shared Redick’s sense of embarrassment.
“It actually sucks to get your ass whipped like that twice in a row,” James instructed reporters.
James, who turns 40 later this month, stated he realized the significance of staying calm by way of the great and unhealthy stretches of the NBA’s 82-game common season marathon.
“You all the time keep balanced,” he stated.
“I have been on this sport too lengthy. I by no means go too excessive or too low, as a result of I understand how quick it may possibly flip.
The Lakers, who’re 12-10 this season, good for ninth place within the Western Convention, end their highway journey with a go to to the Atlanta Hawks on Friday.
(Reporting by Rory Carroll in Los Angeles)
