Anthony Davis, Lakers Brimming With Optimism Amid Insane Western Conference Climb

The Los Angeles Lakers made the 8^th seed in the Western Conference. It was team effort and players know it well. They had some struggles early in the season and made mistakes. Their attitude changed and everyone is held accountable.

The 116-97 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers pushed them to the eighth seed in the West. Anthony Davis was brilliant in the game, scoring 22 points, 13 rebounds, four assists, three steals and six blocks.

Davis and his teammates are now confident about their performance. Taurean Prince talked about the bond players have at this point of the season.

“I think we’re just having fun. I think we were too uptight early on, everybody was trying to do the right thing, make the right play. You kind of start second guessing yourself cause you’re trying to do the right things,” Davis said after the Lakers’ win over the Cavaliers. “Now we’re just playing freely. . .we know each other’s game at this point and no one is complaining or forming little huddles. . .I think for the most part we’re just playing together, playing freely. We’re not hesitant at all.”

The Lakers lost games they could win, but it seems like they plan to repair the damage.

Lakers to go higher in the Western Conference seedings

Lakers head coach Darvin Ham talked about the mindset his team has and their determination to win. Let’s see how they end the season.

“It’s what we’ve been saying to ourselves everyday. . .just take care of us. Continue to look for ways to get better individually, collectively, gotta have an open dialogue, just take care of us, that’s the biggest thing,” Ham said. “Everything else will take care of itself. We’ll fall in the spot we’re supposed to fall. But the key is for us to be playing at a high level on both sides of the ball.”

The front office didn’t make any changes at the trade deadline. Well, they didn’t even need to improve/adjust the roster.