The Los Angeles Lakers put on yet another sluggish and disappointing performance last night. Playing against the Houston Rockets, one of the weakest teams in the NBA, the Lakers blew an excellent chance to get an important win in the closing seconds and got steamrolled by the Rockets in overtime.
Lakers legend James Worthy reacted to the Lakers’ disappointing loss to the Rockets. He noted that the Lakers didn’t play all that bad during regulation. But whatever the factors are that hold them back, there is no excuse for them to lose the way they did. Worthy scathingly remarked that the Lakers don’t believe in anything that they are doing (0:48 onwards).
“Doesn’t seem like they believe in anything they are doing.” @JamesWorthy42, @MettaWorld37 & @geeter3 share their thoughts on the #Lakers disappointing loss in OT. pic.twitter.com/KUZUquiqho
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“I thought the Lakers played well enough to win in 4 quarters, except they missed a lot of free throws… They moved the ball, they had 25 or so assists. To me it looks like… at the beginning of the season, there was a lot expectations of this team to win. And I think they are at a point where they know they’re not going to meet those expectations. Even without AD and the injuries and all that, it’s not an excuse. They should be better than this. All the things that they’ve experienced, injuries, protocol. They still should be somewhere around 6 or 7 in my opinion. They didn’t start out the season serious, with preseason, they were waiting around. Now I think they realize they can’t win. This is what I’m seeing. They can’t beat the Suns or the best teams. I don’t know man, they’re not dead on arrival, but they just don’t have that tenacity, they don’t have that will to play their way out of this, even to get into the play-in game. You would think they might be able to with a healthy team. It doesn’t seem like they believe in anything they are doing.”
Worthy, a former Lakers star himself, knows what it is like to represent the team in the NBA and play at the highest level. So it is not surprising that he expects them to be at their best. But the Lakers haven’t played anywhere near that level, and are currently looking like one of the worst teams in the NBA.
LeBron James came out after the game and took responsibility for his performance and vowed to play better next time. He also noted that teams in the NBA don’t give them any margin for error, as they can capitalize on any and every mistake they make on any given night.
