After falling to the Miami Heat 96-110 at home, the Los Angeles Lakers have once again found themselves in a hole. With this loss, they fall to 18–1, and their losing streak in the last 12 games brings their season total to nine. Since the Cavaliers have never had any problems while LeBron James and Anthony Davis are both healthy, the season has fans quite anxiоus.
Fans made it clear to LeBron that his lackluster performance betrayed his age.
The Lakers’ latest experiments with LeBron at point guard have failed to impress the fans.
The Laker faithful are in disbelief at how far their team has dropped after dealing for James Harden, while the Clippers got off to a 0-6 start.
The team’s shooting performance was so bad that fans couldn’t believe it.
Low effort from both teams led fans to call the game a disаster.
Fans of the Los Angeles Lakers are eagerly anticipating news of Darvin Ham’s dismissal.
The Lakers’ current predicament, with healthy contributors like LeBron James and Anthony Davis, shocked fans.
Even with six boards and nine assists, the Lakers were completely outmatched by LeBron James’s 12 points on 6-for-18 shooting. Despite looking dominant with 29 points, 17 boards, 6 assists, 3 steals, and 5 blocks, Anthony Davis’s teammates failed to live up to his expectations. In his first game back in the starting lineup, Austin Reaves scored 24 points and dished out 8 assists.
In Jimmy Butler’s absence, the Heat rode an eight-man rotation that produced double-digit scorers, capped by 21 points from Tyler Herro. Nikola Jovic and Bam Adebayo each scored fifteen points, and Jaime Jaquez Jr., who filled in for Butler, added sixteen points and eight assists.
A Possible Coaching Change for the Lakers
A coaching change is usually on the horizon for high-profile teams who fail to live up to their expectations, like the Lakers have. Although that was a problem with the roster, Ham’s employment was not in jeopardy last year when the Lakers were not in the playoff contention until the very end of the season. The team for this year was constructed around his purported talents, but he still hasn’t figured out how to make it work.
Ham could be seen as a replaceable part for the Lakers until they pull off a season-saving deal similar to last year. The ‘new’ starting lineup that Ham unveiled recently is among the poorest in the NBA, and he still hasn’t figured out what’s wrong with his squad, despite the fact that the players’ skill sets are complementary.
The Lakers are in a Ԁire situation with their scoring shortfall; they need a coach who can play to their strengths or hope for a miraculous deal. Otherwise, there would be a plethora of qualified candidates for the position of coach ready to step in and replace Ham.