Sunday night time, the Los Angeles Lakers misplaced to the LA Clippers (on the Intuit Dome) by a rating of 116-102.
LeBron James completed the loss with 25 factors, 5 rebounds, 11 assists, three steals and one block whereas taking pictures 9/20 from the sphere and a pair of/6 from three-point vary in 35 minutes of play.
After the match, he made a really trustworthy assertion throughout his assembly with the media (h/t SportsNet Spectrum).
Reporter: “Are you able to give your self extra leeway? Are there issues you are able to do on sure evenings to make issues simpler?
James: “No. That is how our crew is constructed, we’ve no room for error.”
Reporter: “How will you deal with the type of psychological calls for that include having to play near-perfect basketball?”
James: “We now have no selection. That is how our crew is constructed… We now have to play near excellent basketball.”
“If you play towards a terrific crew, you must restrict your errors, offensively and defensively, as a result of they make you pay and I believe they did that tonight.”
-LeBron James recaps tonight’s loss at Inglewood. pic.twitter.com/hUZ1BrhkNg
– Specter SportsNet (@SpectrumSN) January 20, 2025
With the loss, the Lakers fell to 22-18 of their first 40 video games, which nonetheless locations them sixth within the Western Convention.
They’re 8-12 within the 20 video games they’ve performed on the street.
LeBron says Lakers ‘must play near excellent basketball’
“We now have no selection, that is how our crew is constructed.”
– Lakers Each day (@LakersDailyCom) January 20, 2025
James is in his twenty second season.
Nonetheless, at 40 years previous, he’s nonetheless probably the greatest gamers within the NBA with averages of 23.8 factors, 7.4 rebounds and eight.9 assists per sport whereas taking pictures 51.4% from the sphere and 40.0% from three-point vary in 37 video games.
The Lakers will stay in Los Angeles to host Kyle Kuzma and the Washington Wizards on Tuesday night time.
