Many Lakers fans were probably upset after Wednesday's loss to the Heat.
Critically unlucky was Lakers legend Magic Johnson, who said after the 134-93 loss to the Heat that he was “embarrassed” for his team.
“It's embarrassing for the Lakers. They trailed the Miami Heat by 32 points at the end of the third quarter, 105-72.” Johnson wrote about X during the game..
The loss was the Lakers' sixth in their last eight games, having been trailed by a combined 70 points in their last two games.
Los Angeles (12-10) allowed 24 3-pointers, the third-most allowed by the Lakers in franchise history, but Anthony Davis was just a dismal 3-of-14 shooting. He was only able to score 8 points.
As a team, the Lakers shot 43 percent from the field and 22.7 percent from 3-point range.
“There has to be a certain amount of ownership. And when a group doesn't perform well, it happens, it happens to bad teams, it happens to good teams, it happens to great teams. They break up. It's possible, especially if it's embarrassing, that people don't want ownership.” Head coach JJ Redick told reporters. Wednesday.
“It's embarrassing. We're all embarrassed. It wasn't a game where we thought we had the right fight, the right professionalism. I don't know what was lost in translation. There's some ownership on the court. I want to take ownership of everything in the world. This is my team and I lead it, but I'm not physically organized.
“I can't physically participate in basketball. I can't physically talk, I can't physically call reds, I can't physically call coverage. That's different…I'm not. By the way. , I'm not blaming the players. I own this, but it's going to take some ownership on the court as well. …I don't feel like we're together right now. And that's what we say in our gatherings. I don't feel that way. And again, we're in a tough situation. . And we're all trying to find out.”
The Lakers will look to end their current losing streak with a win in the final game of this road trip as they head to Atlanta to face the Hawks.
