Taylyn HadleyDecember 3, 2024
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After a dreadful efficiency on Monday night, where LeBron James handled simply 10 points on 4-of-16 shooting, the Lakers star confessed he felt “off rhythm.”
The Los Angeles Lakers suffered a blowout loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves, 109-80, with James and Anthony Davis integrating for just 22 points.
For the 39-year-old veteran, it wasn't simply one problem– whatever appeared to fail.
“Everything– Just the rhythm. I Just feel off rhythm the last couple of, 3, 4 video games,” James informed press reporters post-game.
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James contributed 8 rebounds, 4 helps and 6 turnovers in 31 minutes throughout the group's dull offending proving.
Scoring simply 10 points, Monday night marked LeBron James' most affordable overall of the season. The efficiency was extremely uncharacteristic, as James has actually scored a minimum of 10 points in 1,505 of his 1,513 profession video games, according to Real Sports.
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When asked if he had actually reevaluated his objective of playing all 82 video games this season for the sake of the group and himself, James prevented providing a direct response.
“That's an objective, however we'll see. It's not something I'm going over today,” James informed press reporters.
The 12-9 Lakers rank 14th in the league in points per video game, balancing 114.0. James associates there offending battles to the group's current protective focus where they presently rank 22nd because classification.
“We're simply bad offensively today,” James informed press reporters. “I believe we invested a lot time on attempting to get our defense fixed that our offense simply took a toll and took a rear seats to that.”
James and the Lakers goal to get better on Wednesday when they go to Miami to deal with the Heat.
