I Los Angeles Lakers they return to success against the unfortunate Toronto Raptorswho started badly, but recovered part of the deficit and then gave up at the end. After offering you the words of LeBron James, D’Angelo Russell and Austin Reaves (HERE is the link to read them) in the post-match, here are the statements of coaches JJ Redick and Anthony Davis.
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🏀 Coach Redick: «I saw our best basketball»
JJ Redick he sat in front of the journalists satisfied with the performance of the yellow and purple, stating that «the team played its best basketball in the first half, although not without some errors.» It was really great effort of the first 24 minutes of the game to have given the team a bit of tranquility until the end of the match, even if, as underlined again by the Lakers coach «When you have a big advantage in the NBA your focus can decrease on defense, and that’s what happened today.»
It’s impossible not to mention Anthony Davsìis again, author of another excellent performance with 38 points, 12 rebounds and 70% (14/20) from the field. «If we play the way we really want, the ball will go to AD»explained Redick… and after seeing these first matches, the pitch certainly can’t blame him.
You will also benefit from this new system D’Angelo Russell (19 points tonight), defined by JJ as «one of the vocal leaders» of the team. «I asked him starting from the first days of training camp in the gym, this must be his standard, regardless of whether the shots go in or not.»
JJ Redick discusses the #Lakers‘ explosive first half and the defensive struggles in the second half.
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〰️ Anthony Davis a little pessimistic: «Second half unacceptable»
Probably accustomed to seeing himself uncontainable and driven by excessive power in every area of the pitch, Anthony Davisin a press conference, immediately expressed his disappointment with the quasi Raptors comeback in the final, defining it “unacceptable. We won, and we’re taking it home because it’s always difficult to win away in this League. But we are far from what we would really like to be. If we have any kind of aspirations this season, we cannot allow all this on defense.” Having conceded 74 of its 125 points to Toronto in the second half alone did not please the number three at all.
After this game Davis’ season averages are 31.8 points, 12.0 rebounds, 2.8 assists, 1.8 steals and 2.0 blocks per game. At that rate, this would become the best scoring season of his career.
«I want to be aggressive», he explained. «I take my time in shooting, I worked a lot in the summer. And as I always say, having played with Team USA helped me a lot. Today I was able to play well again and performed great.”
〰️ Anthony Davis (38+11+2 with 5 stocks against the Raptors) is the second player in the history of the Lakers to average at least 30 points, 10 rebounds and 2 blocks in the first 6 games of the regular season. Before him only Shaquille O’Neal had managed it (2001/02). pic.twitter.com/JZkHx0dpfH
— Giovanni Rossi (@spawnix) November 2, 2024
📅 Next Game
I Los Angeles Lakers they return to the field in the night (1.30 🇮🇹) between Monday 4th and Tuesday 5th November to face the Detroit Pistons alla Little Caesars Arena.
On the cover: Anthony Davis and Mike Trudell at the end of the game between Raptors and Lakers at Scotiabank Arena on November 1, 2024. (Mark Blinch, NBAE via Getty Images)
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