As Heat guard Tyler Herro went nuclear smashing seven 3 pointers in third quarter of 134-93 win against Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday.
James who is oldest player in NBA and will turn 40 on Dec 30 said patience even while saying “It sucks for sure to get your ass whooped like that twice in a row”.
Davis aimed for turnaround to start when Lakers finish four match trip Friday against an Atlanta Hawks team riding a five matches winning streak.
“just got to find a method to be honest” Davis said
“Find a way in Atlanta to get the dub”.
“We are having trouble right now on both ends with like base level game plan stuff”
Redick said after Lakers lost for sixth time in past eight matches “Its odd it is very odd”.
Odder is how a team that was 10-4 two weeks before with chance to make it 11-4 if only hit some late free throws against the Orlando Magic is in free fall lossing those six matches by average of 21.8 points.
Redick added
“there has to be some ownership on court and I shall take all ownership in world. This is my team and I lead it and I m embarrassed. But I can not physically get us organized.
I can not physically be into basketball, I can not physically talk and call out and physically call out coverages. And by the way I m not blaming players. Its not I own this but going to nee d some ownership on court as well. There is not a sense from me that we are together right now”.
Redick said “Has to be some ownership” “You can splinter and Its easy to not want ownership when it is embarrassing. I m embarrassed we are all embarrassed . Its not a game that I thought we had the right flight the right professionalism.
LeBron James bounced back from slump to score 29 points on 12 for 18 shooting including 1 of 4 from 3 point range to break a streak of 20 straight missed 3 s. He did not quibble with Reddick remarks.
“I agree with everything JJ said “James said making it obvious he would not come off unaligned with first year coach” Whatever he said I agree 100 percent 1000 percent”.
James did however absolve Redick in his role in Wednesday debacle adding “Its not on coaches It definitely on us for sure”.
Anthony Davis who not long before was considered early season MVP candidate volunteered for Lions share of blame after scoring season low eight points on 3 for 14 shooting.
Davis had set his season low with 12 points Monday going 4 for 14 from field in 29 point loss against Minnesota.
Lakers guard Gabe Vincent had nine points and three steals off bench but part of Lakers second unit was outscored 51-28 by Miami reserves
He characterized his team mood upset.
Vincent said
“I think we are far off from where we want to be and where we expect to be this time of the year”.
Magic Johnson was around for lot of losses by Los Angeles Lakers
In 2008 they fell by 39 points when Boston Celtics get the NBA Finals in Game 6.
In 1985 Johnson was part of Lakers team that lost by 34 to Celtics in Game 1 of 1985 finals.
The Lakers are four years removed from James leading them to title in Orlando bubble season.
They has struggled to regain that form
They were swept in Western Conference finals by Denver Nuggets in 2023. At 12-10 season they appear headed toward appearance in Play In Tournament.
Lakers great LeBron James was upset with that play
“It sucks for sure to get you a whooped like that twice in a row for sure” James said.