The Lakers’ struggles continued on Tuesday night when they lost badly to the Dallas Mavericks. LeBron James tried his best but couldn’t lead his team to a win. He scored 18 points, grabbed 10 rebounds, and had 8 assists in 35 minutes, almost getting a triple-double. But despite his efforts, they lost, and his frustration was clear in the post-game interview.
After the Los Angeles Lakers’ tough 118-97 loss to the Dallas Mavericks, LeBron James was honest in his post-game comments. Before talking about his team’s mistakes, he praised the Mavericks’ game plan, saying, “They had a great game plan… They put us in a lot of pick-and-rolls. They spread us out.”
He then explained that the Lakers’ loss started with a horrible finish at the end of the second quarter. Bron said, “When the ball is popping and the ball is going in, you’re able to play defense with a set defense. If not, they get out and run it or turn the ball over, which we didn’t do too much of that.”
LeBron: "We didn't shoot the ball well, missed a lot of shots at the rim and they countered that." pic.twitter.com/ix4AWbL9Ws
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The 40-year-old added, “But offense can help defense as much as the defense can help the offense. It’s just another night for us where we’re not good offensively. We didn’t shoot the ball well, and we missed a lot of shots at the rim, and they countered that.”
Barkley reacts strongly to Lakers’ blowout loss vs Mavericks
In Tuesday night’s game, the Lakers played against the Mavericks, who didn’t have their star players, Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving. Despite the absence of the Mavericks’ key players, JJ Redick’s team still suffered a significant loss, a situation that raises serious concerns.
Former 76ers star Charles Barkley couldn’t hold back his frustration after watching the Lakers suffer such an embarrassing loss to Dallas. The 11-time All-Star said, “The Lakers stink, plain and simple. We have to talk about them because the media is infatuated with the Lakers, but they’re not a good team. They have zero athletic ability.”
