I Los Angeles Lakers they suffered a heavy defeat against the Cleveland Cavaliers (read the match story) and both JJ Redick and Anthony Davis did not make excuses and recognized the terrible performance played. Both also commented on Bronny James‘ first basket in the NBA, which arrived in his native Cleveland. Below are the highlights of their statements.
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📊 JJ Redick: «Too many mistakes, you can’t win. It’s mathematics”
The analysis of the defeat of JJ Redick it’s shiny: «Cleveland is a really good team, with a good backcourt made up of players like Garland, Mitchell, LeVert and Jerome. They just punched us in the face. We cannot afford so many mistakes; we made too many mistakes, even on simple aspects like rotations or switches. They were good at forcing us to make mistakes, but today we did everything alone.”
Then, the yellow-violet coach lists the numbers of the defeat: «They scored 17 triples, attempting 13 more than us. They produced 33 more points from beyond the arc and 31 from our turnovers. It’s math.”
To a question from reporters about the possible lack of competitive will in the Lakers, Redick responded: «They have Garland and Mitchell who can create a lot of problems for us off the dribble, we didn’t keep the right focus on what we were trying to do. I don’t think it’s a question of effort, but of having ignored what we had talked about in the pre-match and throughout the season.”
The coach also briefly comments on his first professional basket Bronny James: “For it to happen right here in Cleveland was really cool.”
Finally, JJ Redick talks about the approach to follow to improve the defensive phase, especially in transition: «First, we need to stay out of limbo. Then it is the attack that must help the defense. If you lose a ball and don’t get back quickly, your transition defense is going to suck.”
“When you play a good basketball team, you can’t make that many mistakes.” JJ Redick on tonight’s loss. pic.twitter.com/NX3fc5Jp7o
— Spectrum SportsNet (@SpectrumSN) October 31, 2024
〰️ Anthony Davis: «The next races must be won»
He doesn’t even make excuses Anthony Davisauthor of a bad performance like the rest of the team. First of all, the long yellow-purple reassures about his conditions: «In the first quarter I suffered a blow to the pelvis, it was painful but I’ll be fine. I felt a bit of discomfort during the race, but nothing to worry about.”
The Lakers’ number 3 then analyzed the match: «For the first time in the season we didn’t do what we talked about in the shootaround. We were disorganized with bad spacing in attack. We lost too many balls, attempted bad shots and defended poorly in transition. We played badly on both sides of the pitch, starting from the starting five. We are only at the beginning of the season, but the next three races of the road trip are absolutely to be won.»
Also The Brow closes with a comment on the son of LeBron James: «You never forget the first basket. Then for him, doing it here… I know how important it is, he lived here for many years and knows what his father did for this city. It’s bad that it came in defeat, but it’s something he’ll remember for the rest of his life.”
Anthony Davis said he “jammed” his hip in the 1st quarter but it won’t stop him from playing in Toronto. pic.twitter.com/CusGUucME3
— Spectrum SportsNet (@SpectrumSN) October 31, 2024
📅 Next Game
I Los Angeles Lakers they return to the field at night (0:30 🇮🇹) between Friday 1st and Saturday 2nd November to face the Toronto Raptors at Scotiabank Arena.
On the cover: JJ Redick during the game between the Cavaliers and Lakers at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse on October 30, 2024. (Lauren Leigh Bacho, NBAE via Getty Images)
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