On his own, LeBron James couldn’t save his Los Angeles Lakers. The day after a very short defeat at the Philadelphia Sixers (106-107), the Angels conceded a second consecutive loss – their first negative sequence since the 2019-2020 regular season) – on the floor of the Detroit Pistons (107- 92). A heavy defeat which owes as much to the absence of injury of Anthony Davis (quadriceps) as to the inability of the rest of the Purple and Gold workforce to get in tune with its leader (22 points to 8 out of 19 in the shooting, 7 rebounds, 10 assists).
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Because James, as a good captain, had done everything to show the way, with in particular 14 points registered in the only first quarter. An impact however without real effect since the Pistons, led by an impacting Blake Griffin (23 points, 6 assists), were in the lead after twelve minutes of play (34-31). By changing his approach to the game, wishing to involve his partners more, “LBJ” despite himself caused the fall of his family. With the exception of Kyle Kuzma (22 points, 10 rebounds) and Talen Horton-Tucker (13 points), no other Laker has taken over. ” Pretty early I got started, but at the end of the day I still have to involve my partners, James justified after the game. I also missed shots that I am used to putting. »
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40,9 %
It is the Lakers’ shooting success on the game (36 of 88). The Pistons were much more efficient with a success of 46% (40 of 87).
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Yet still in the game at the start of the last quarter (82-78), the visitors ended up paying for this lack of variety in the game – the fatigue of the fight led the day before not helping – by letting Detroit bend the game on a 16-0 initiated by Blake Griffin. Unable to score a single basket in nearly seven minutes, the Lakers ended up resigning themselves to a sixth loss this season, synonymous with demotion to third place in the Western Conference (14v-6d), behind their rivals, the Clippers (14v-5d).
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If they do not take off from the penultimate place in the East (5v-14d), the Pistons were satisfied with this encouraging result, the second in three outings. Note, however, that Monday, the Philadelphia Sixers evolved without Joel Embiid, which necessarily suggests that facing big cars deprived of key elements makes things a little easier.
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