DENVER – With Los Angeles Lakers‘The 0-4 start was the first time his team had lost 4 games in a row starting a season since he was a rookie almost 20 years ago, LeBron James vows to adjust his personal approach in the future.
“I wasn’t aggressive enough in a lot of my turns,” James said after fouling eight times in LA’s Hole 110-99 arrive Denver Nuggets on Wednesday. “I’ve been away from a lot of screens, trying to get through, get people involved, and I’m not aggressive enough.”
James, who finished with 19 points from eight shots to 21, nine assists and seven rebounds to go through with those turns, said the correction will begin in the Lakers’ next game, in Minnesota Timberwolves on Friday.
“It was an easy fix for me,” James said. “I’ll be much better on Friday with that. I’ve done it many times throughout my career. It’s an easy solution. I’m not worried about it.”
There are plenty of other issues the Lakers need to deal with at the moment. According to research by ESPN Stats & Information, they shot 8 to 30 from 3 (26.7%), continuing the worst 3-point shooting record of any team in league history with at least 100 attempts. in four games, according to research by ESPN Stats & Information.
“Well, I think we shot 20%, and today we shot 26%,” Lakers guard Patrick Beverley said, without a hint of irony. “So we got better.”
LA was down 54-47 to the Nuggets. It was almost doubled in the fast scoring, 35-18. And it was controlled in the second chance points, 15-8.
The Lakers also played the first game of the season without a point guard Russell Westbrook, who sat because of left hamstring pain. Lakers coach Darvin Ham has not ruled out sending Wolves back to Westbrook, although James has warned against a hasty return.
“Russ, definitely dealing with the hamstring,” James said. “I played with [Dwyane] wading. And I don’t know how, but you just have to be cool with all that. You can’t force it until the thing is ready to go. You have to be very aware of that. “
On the bright side, Anthony Davis (22 points, 14 rebounds) played through the discomfort in his lower back and said he should be “fine” going forward. The Lakers can use that.
“We’re playing four games, it sucks to lose, but with 78 games left, there’s plenty of time for us to fix the ship and start now,” Ham said. “It started yesterday.”
