{"id":133597,"date":"2024-12-05T12:59:26","date_gmt":"2024-12-05T05:59:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=133597"},"modified":"2024-12-05T12:59:26","modified_gmt":"2024-12-05T05:59:26","slug":"reeling-lakers-share-in-blame-after-41-point-loss-to-heat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=133597","title":{"rendered":"Reeling Lakers share in blame after 41-point loss to Heat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<ul class=\"authors\">\n<li class=\"mugshot-shown\">\n<div class=\"author-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=\/i\/columnists\/full\/mcmenamin_dave.png&amp;h=80&amp;w=80&amp;scale=crop\" alt=\"\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Dave McMenamin, ESPN Staff Writer<span class=\"timestamp \">Dec 4, 2024, 11:44 PM ET<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"author-overlay\"><a class=\"icon-font-after icon-close-solid-after\" href=\"#\">Close<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lakers and NBA reporter for ESPN.\n<\/li>\n<li>Covered the Lakers and NBA for ESPNLosAngeles.com from 2009-14, the Cavaliers from 2014-18 for ESPN.com and the NBA for NBA.com from 2005-09.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>MIAMI &#8212; As <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"81e3212c-30ef-9b1b-5edb-453b13ff265a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/team\/_\/name\/mia\/miami-heat\">Heat<\/a> guard <a data-player-guid=\"1417212d-ee61-bc8b-40a5-30dc9db6d72b\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/4395725\/tyler-herro\">Tyler Herro<\/a> went nuclear, hitting seven straight 3-pointers in the third quarter of a 134-93 win over the <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"2876e98b-b9bc-2920-4319-46e6943f8be4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/team\/_\/name\/lal\/los-angeles-lakers\">Los Angeles Lakers<\/a> on Wednesday, it dawned on L.A. coach JJ Redick just how lost his team has become.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re having trouble right now on both ends with, like, base-level game-plan stuff,&#8221; Redick said after the Lakers lost for the sixth time in the past eight games. &#8220;It&#8217;s odd. It&#8217;s very odd.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Odder still is how a team that was 10-4 just two weeks ago, with a chance to make it 11-4 if it only hit some late free throws against the <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"74c23102-8c27-c8e6-ec1b-8a8fd4d42554\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/team\/_\/name\/orl\/orlando-magic\">Orlando Magic<\/a>, is suddenly in free fall, losing those six games by an average of 21.8 points.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Has to be some ownership,&#8221; Redick said. &#8220;You can splinter, and it&#8217;s easy to not want the ownership, particularly when it&#8217;s embarrassing. I&#8217;m embarrassed. We&#8217;re all embarrassed. It&#8217;s not a game that I thought we had the right fight, the right professionalism.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Redick added: &#8220;There has to be some ownership on the court and I&#8217;ll take all the ownership in the world. This is my team and I lead it and I&#8217;m embarrassed. But I can&#8217;t physically get us organized. I can&#8217;t physically be into the basketball. I can&#8217;t physically talk and call out [switches] and physically call out coverages. &#8230; And by the way, I&#8217;m not blaming players. It&#8217;s not. I own this, but going to need some ownership on the court as well. &#8230; There&#8217;s not a sense from me that we&#8217;re together right now.&#8221;<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline editorial float-r\" data-behavior=\"article_related\">\n<h2 class=\"editorial-title\">Editor&#8217;s Picks<\/h2>\n<p>2 Related<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p><a data-player-guid=\"1f6592b3-ff53-d321-8dc5-6038d48c1786\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/1966\/lebron-james\">LeBron James<\/a> bounced back from a shooting 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 3s. But he did not quibble with Redick&#8217;s remarks.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I agree with everything JJ said,&#8221; James said, making it clear he would not come off as unaligned with the first-year coach. &#8220;Whatever he said, I agree 100 percent, 1,000 percent.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>James did, however, absolve Redick in his role in Wednesday&#8217;s debacle, saying, &#8220;It&#8217;s not on the coaches. It&#8217;s definitely on us, for sure.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Lakers were outrebounded 52-36 as Miami tied a franchise record for 3s in a regular-season game by going 24-for-47, including 9-for-16 from Herro, who finished with a team-high 31 points. Meanwhile, the Lakers went 5-for-22 (22.7%) from deep.<\/p>\n<p><a data-player-guid=\"dcf63163-4dbf-c59d-1920-3ecc2f8bd5fb\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/6583\/anthony-davis\">Anthony Davis<\/a>, who not too long ago was considered an early-season MVP candidate, volunteered for the lion&#8217;s share of the blame after scoring a season-low eight points on 3-for-14 shooting. This after Davis had previously set his season low with 12 points Monday, going 4-for-14 from the field in a 29-point loss against Minnesota.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I have the utmost confidence in this group and this coaching staff,&#8221; Davis said. &#8220;I personally just think it starts with me. If I play better, then guys play better. I definitely take accountability, especially the last couple of games. Just not being there for the team on the offensive end.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Lakers guard <a data-player-guid=\"82247bd5-fd40-3926-f54f-af0cc016aa37\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/3137259\/gabe-vincent\">Gabe Vincent<\/a> had nine points and three steals off the bench but was still part of a Lakers second unit that was outscored 51-28 by Miami&#8217;s reserves. He characterized his team&#8217;s mood as &#8220;upset.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think we&#8217;re definitely far off from where we want to be and where we expect to be this time of the year,&#8221; Vincent said.<\/p>\n<p>James, who is the oldest player in the NBA and will turn 40 on Dec. 30, preached patience even while admitting, &#8220;It sucks for sure to get your ass whooped like that twice in a row.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Moving forward, he urged the Lakers to &#8220;stay even-keeled,&#8221; adding, &#8220;I&#8217;ve been in this game way too long. Never get too high, never get too low. Because I know how fast this s&#8212; turns.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Davis aimed for the turnaround to begin when the Lakers conclude their four-game trip Friday against an <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"15096a54-f015-c987-5ec8-55afedf6272f\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/team\/_\/name\/atl\/atlanta-hawks\">Atlanta Hawks<\/a> team riding a five-game winning streak.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Just got to find a way, to be honest,&#8221; Davis said. &#8220;Find a way in Atlanta to get the dub.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/story\/_\/id\/42786789\/reeling-lakers-share-blame-41-point-loss-heat\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dave McMenamin, ESPN Staff WriterDec 4, 2024, 11:44 PM ET Close Lakers and NBA reporter for ESPN. 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