Tuesday evening, the Los Angeles Lakers confronted the Phoenix Suns in Arizona.
The Lakers had been blown out with a rating of 127-100.
Suns take HUGE NBA Cup win over Lakers as KD and Bradley Beal return ☀️ pic.twitter.com/tujOUaEEUN
–ESPN (@espn) November 27, 2024
LeBron James completed the loss with 18 factors, eight rebounds and 10 assists whereas capturing 7/16 from the sphere and a pair of/7 from three-point vary in 35 minutes of play.
After the robust matches, Kendrick Perkins despatched a message (through X) about his former teammate.
Perkins wrote: “Bron was horrible tonight defensively and his physique language was unacceptable”
Bron was horrible tonight defensively and his physique language was unacceptable
-Kendrick Perkins (@KendrickPerkins) November 27, 2024
The Lakers entered halftime trailing by simply two factors.
Nonetheless, they had been destroyed (36-18) within the third quarter.
Perkins additionally added: “The Suns seem like a lottery group with out KD however with KD…they positively seem like actual title contenders!”
The Suns seem like a lottery group with out KD however with KD…they positively seem like actual title contenders!
-Kendrick Perkins (@KendrickPerkins) November 27, 2024
With this loss, the Lakers at the moment are in the course of a three-game shedding streak.
They’re the sixth seed within the Western Convention with a 10-7 document in 17 video games.
On the street, the Lakers are simply 3-5 in eight video games.
After the Suns, they’ll play their subsequent recreation on Wednesday evening once they go to Chris Paul and the San Antonio Spurs.
By way of NBA Outsider: “Lakers towards groups with successful information:
3-6
Lakers towards groups with shedding information:
7-1″
Lakers towards groups with successful information:
3-6Lakers towards groups with shedding information:
7-1– Underdog NBA (@Underdog__NBA) November 27, 2024
Despite the fact that James had a tough evening towards the Suns, he’s nonetheless having an unbelievable season at nearly 40 years previous.
He’s common 23.3 factors, 8.1 rebounds and 9.2 assists per recreation whereas capturing 50.7% from the sphere and 41.2% from three-point vary in his first 17 video games.
