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By Pierre-Andréa Fraile | Sports journalist
In a capital meeting in the Western Conference, the Lakers proved to be unable to prevail at home against the Warriors (116-123). The fault in particular to Luka Doncic and his performance, which the Slovenian himself castigated.
Given the set of stars gathered on the Crypto.com Arena prosecution this Thursday, no wonder the price of tickets to attend this shock exploded. The poster between Lakers and Warriors indeed promised a nice show and did not disappoint. Stephen Curry notably was up to the appointment with 37 points scored to offer victory to his own (123-116).
Opposite, LeBron James (33 points, 9 assists) and Austin Reaves (31 points, 9/16 shooting) did not count their efforts to keep the hosts alive until the last moments. They were actually not really helped by Luka Doncic, much less in sight and effective on this part (19 points, 6/17 in shooting). The latter even affected the bottom as he had not done for a long time in a specific field.
Luka Doncic self-destroyed after the defeat against Golden State
For the first time since April 7, 2023, almost two years today, Doncic did not record a single shot at 3 points (0/6) in a regular season match. A bankruptcy that has necessarily been lacking in his team in recent hours and which animated the discussions at the end of the meeting. Asked about the performance of his back-star, JJ Redick first split a declaration as concise as:
JJ Redick : It was not his evening.
Also sent to journalists, Luka did not try to parade after this match without him. On the contrary, there has been a good part of the responsibility of this loud consequences:
Luka Doncic : This performance on my part is unacceptable. When I play like that, it's hard to win so I will have to remedy it.
Dononic indeed knows that in view of the context in which the Lakers are located, it will not be able to afford other blunders in this way in the days to come.
After all, his franchise is again in 4th place in the Western Conference and sees his lead on his main pursuers to be reduced. The Warriors thus have only one game late in the ranking, while the Clippers, 8th, only accuse two. The Angelinos and their flagship recruit will therefore not have the right to make mistakes this Friday, during the a priori more affordable reception of the Pelicans.
Lucid as to his performance against the Warriors, Luka Donfic readily refers as the main culprit of this evening on the Lakers side. It's up to him to catch up this Friday and find the address that has missed so much for him in recent hours.
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