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Lakers: Darvin Ham Not Impressed With Defensive Efforts Against The Kings

The Lakers gave up a whopping 134 points
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Lakers: Darvin Ham Not Impressed With Defensive Efforts Against The Kings
Lakers: Darvin Ham Not Impressed With Defensive Efforts Against The Kings

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Even by today's standards, you are expected to win games if you score 120 points. Of course like it's been for a majority of the season it's been the story of the Lakers that they don't click on both sides resulting in another unfortunate loss. 

After a one game absence LeBron James was back into the Lakers lineup but his efforts alone were not enough to slow down the Kings. James finished with 31 points, 11 rebounds and six assists 11-21 shooting from the field but Damontas Sabonis' triple-double was too much to overcome.

Now news came out that Anthony Davis is expected to miss an extended period of time due to what is now being called a stress fracture in his foot. A defensive anchor down low was truly missing against the Kings and the efforts were enough to displease Darvin Ham once again (via Spectrum SportsNet).

"Without seeing the tape, we have to be more competitive and get more effort across the board. Two of the biggest things we focused on was transition defense and offensive rebounds. We did alright with fast break points. We held them to single digits but they had 18 second chance points and 12 points off our 15 turnovers. We gave them 30 points on things you can control. When you limit those two areas and take care of your business and be disciplined and be forceful you set yourself up to have some sort of success."

The Lakers slowly are getting there backs pressed to the wall and will likely have to make a move to replace Davis in the mean time. The offense continues to shine, but it's not looking sustainable. 

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RYAN MENZIE

Ryan Menzie | Lead Contributor Ryan is an LA Native who has grown up praising the greatest athletes LA has had to offer. A love for sports ranging between basketball, football, volleyball and golf, a future Sports Management Masters graduate, and being engulfed into organized sports since seven years old, the passion and love for sports never ends for Ryan. If the words he writes don't paint the full picture of his true fandom, he will find more ways than one to tell the story and be more than willing to open up a nice LA sports debate with you. Favorite Player: Kobe Bryant  Favorite Moment: Kobe Bryant Final Game. Too many moments to choose from between Derek Fishers 0.4 second buzzer beater, the Lakers 3-peat or game seven against Boston, but can't beat a final memory like Kobe's final game. 

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