Luka Doncic and Lakers dominate in win over | College News
SAN FRANCISCO — The Lakers seemingly misplaced their mojo after the All-Star break, with three consecutive losses leaving them in search of the “consistency” and “togetherness” that they had earlier in the season.
Their 129-101 win over the Golden State Warriors on Saturday at Chase Center was a step in the correct direction, even if the Warriors didn’t offer a lot of a problem.
The Lakers (35-24) constructed a 17-point lead in the first quarter, stretched it to 24 in the second quarter and to 30 factors in the third before main by 32 in the fourth and coasting the remainder of the way in which.
“It goes back to finding that consistent level of playing the right way on both ends, doing what we’re supposed to be doing, executing at a high level,” Lakers coach JJ Redick said. “You saw those trends. We haven’t had it for a sustained, like, full stretch of a game, really. It’s come in spurts in all four of our games that we played prior to this. It was definitely our most complete game post-All-Star break.”
Luka Doncic led the charge with 26 factors, eight assists and six rebounds in just 29 minutes. LeBron James was strong with 22 factors, 9 assists and seven rebounds in 28 minutes. He also made the 1,000th three-pointer of his profession. Austin Reaves had 18 factors in 28 minutes.
Luke Kennard scored 16 factors, his best with the Lakers so far, and Jake LaRavia had 15 factors off the bench.
“We just needed to get a win … get back on the right front and I think we did that tonight,” James said.
He then added, “It’s been a while since we’ve had a 48-minute game where we was able to sustain the effort and I just thought we came out with the right mindset. Obviously dropping the last three, last two at home and then the Phoenix game was a tough one. So, we just came in with the right mindset and understanding the assignment and we took care of business.”
The Lakers received it achieved on offense, capturing 53% from the sector and 46% from three-point vary.
Lakers star LeBron James shoots a three-pointer over Golden State Warriors guard Pat Spencer in the first half Saturday.
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“We certainly made some threes,” Redick said. “LeBron made a couple of iso threes. Luka got hot to start the third quarter with some set plays and then the iso three, the second one in transition on the left wing. It wasn’t like all our threes were coming from that, but I just thought the ball was moving tonight.”
They confronted a Warriors crew (31-29) taking part in without Stephen Curry (proper knee), Jimmy Butler (proper anterior cruciate ligament surgical procedure) and Kristaps Porzingis (sickness). Still, a win was far from assured since the Lakers misplaced to an injury-depleted Phoenix Suns crew on Thursday.
The Lakers are 2-3 since the All-Star break. They face the Sacramento Kings at Crypto.com Arena on Sunday night time, as they struggle to stay in the top six in the Western Conference.
“Like I said before the game, these guys want to do it right,” Redick said. “They are trying. I know our staff, myself, we’re always looking for answers and solutions. That’s what this is. We’re trying to find solutions, and I said before the game, I’m confident we are going to find that level that we want to get to.
“It’s been partially just because of the disruptions of lineups and different factors. We just haven’t had the continuity that I thought we were going to have coming into the year and it’s taken longer than I thought. But I’m confident that we are going to get there.”
Even with back-to-back defeats to Oklahoma City and San Antonio, the Lakers went 7-4 forward of the All-Star break. The Lakers received their first recreation after the break against the Clippers before shedding to Boston, Orlando and Phoenix.
That put the Lakers in the sixth spot in the West and struggling to discover their groove again.
“At the end of the day, I just think our minds was right,” James said. “The numbers speak for itself. You can talk about the numbers, but I just think mentally we knew what we was against. We knew how we lost these last three games and it didn’t sit well with us obviously. We just came out and we just executed.”
Note: Lakers ahead Rui Hachimura missed his second straight recreation because “he’s still under the weather,” Redick said.
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