Anthony Davis Calls Out Lakers After Ugly Loss To Bulls

The Los Angeles Lakers are close to the playoffs and players work under huge pressure. Anthony Davis and his Lakers teammates suffered a terrible loss to the Chicago Bulls. It was ugly in so many ways. LeBron James returned to the floor sooner than expected, but it wasn’t enough. LeBron’s 19 points off the bench didn’t help the Lakers beat their Patrick Beverley and his teammates.

When did things go wrong? According to Davis, his team did too many turnovers.

“[We] didn’t take care of the ball. Eighteen turnovers, 34 points. Going to be hard to win basketball games like that,” the big man said. “Give them credit. They came out and shot the ball really well. Guys who we wanted to shoot made shots. We didn’t make shots. Obviously, getting Bron back. Trying to get back in the swing of things. For him, for us as a unit, a big piece like that. So, we’re not getting discouraged. Obviously, we want ed to win that game. We got another one against the same team Wednesday. We’ll look to get some get-back.”

Davis didn’t play his best game either. He finished the night with 19 points, eight rebounds, and three assists on 6-of-11 shooting from the field and 0-of-2 shooting from behind the three-point line.

Davis and his Lakers teammates should avoid another loss

LeBron’s return affected the gameplan again. Davis and LeBron have to take their leadership seriously. There’s no room for mistakes at this point.

“Us coming out and playing Lakers basketball,” Davis said via the NBA Interviews YouTube channel. “I mean, it’s not a two-man show. We got other guys who make our jobs easier. When guys are making shots, and we’re playing off fastbreak points and not taking the ball off the net the entire time, then we’re able to flourish. Both of us. So, just come out and just be LeBron James and Anthony Davis. All the other guys are going to be themselves. Don’t overthink it. Don’t put too much pressure on ourselves. Just come out and play basketball.”