Lakers News: Darvin Ham Even-Keeled Despite LA's Blown Game 2 Opportunity
Your Los Angeles Lakers looked thoroughly listless and out-of-sorts during a discombobulated Game 2 effort in their 2-7 playoff series matchup against the Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday, ultimately dropping the bout 103-93 and allowing Memphis to even the series 1-1.
During his postgame remarks to assembled media, LA head coach Darvin Ham seemed cool, calm and collected despite the club's utterly disappointing effort at FedEx Forum.
“It’s the first to four not the first to one," Ham offered, alluding to the fact that Los Angeles kicked off the series with a terrific 128-112 Game 1 victory before this bummer of a followup. "We anticipated a really grueling series.”
Though forwards LeBron James and Rui Hachimura came to play, a lot of other key Lakers were semi no-shows on one or both sides of the ball.
Maximum-salaried starting center Anthony Davis scored just 13 points while shooting a paltry 4-of-13 from the field, though he did pull down eight rebounds and five blocks while continuing to admirably patrol the post. Pricey starting point guard D'Angelo Russell had yet another lackluster postseason effort (he was bad in the team's play-in game against the Minnesota Timberwolves but solid during Game 1), notching a scant five points on 2-of-11 shooting from the floor.
Los Angeles will get its chance to improve to a 2-1 series record at home tomorrow night.
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