The Los Angeles Lakers didn't play their best season, despite being hyped up as a championship-caliber team at the start of the season. There is no doubt that this year has been a disappointing year for the Lakers and their fans.
One of the reasons the Lakers haven't been able to stabilize this year is injuries, with LeBron James and Anthony Davis both missing some games with injuries, and Kendrick Nunn hasn't played all season. With the Lakers losing 118-129 to the Denver Nuggets, the San Antonio Spurs beat the Portland Trail Blazers, and the Spurs ranked 10th in the Western Conference, with the Lakers two wins behind the Spurs.
Anthony Davis spoke about the most frustrating part of the season that we could have done, "I personally think the most important thing is what the team will look like if we stay healthy all season. If James and I had been healthy all year and Kendrick Nunn had been healthy, what would have happened? You think about those things, we put this team together and the lineup on paper looks good, but we haven't had a chance to make this squad reach its potential yet. ”
Speaking about his injury, Davis said: "My midfoot injury hurt from the beginning to the end, and it has been bothering me. The team's medical team told me that playing now doesn't make the injury worse. Now all I care about is how I'm physically, and as long as it doesn't feel so bad, I'll come out. ”
The Lakers' next opponent is the Top Suns in the West, and the thick-browed brother said, "We have to prepare for the next game, the most important thing is to give ourselves a chance, I know the situation we are facing now, we are not the kind of person who will give up before everything is over and try to win every game." As for whether he will play the next game, Davis hopes to play.
Lakers head coach Frank Vogel said, "It's so bad, after every game, I tell these players 'I'm proud of you, despite the loss, we have to work hard', we have been united, we are fighting hard, the team attitude is good." The Lakers have won just four of their last 20 games and fall out of the top ten in the West.
Russell Westbrook had a great performance in the game, with 27 points on 11-of-15 shooting, 10 rebounds, seven assists and two steals, Davis said, "To be honest, the whole league wants to see us lose, but my job is to stand on the court and fight and help the team win, but we're still in high spirits in the locker room."