Anthony Davis on Lakers' struggles: 'Everybody shoots well against us'
Jovan Buha: Anthony Davis on the Lakers’ struggles with their 3-point defense: Q. Your 3-point defense has struggled for a while. How do you address that without compromising other parts of your defense? Anthony Davis: Realizing that everybody, no matter what their numbers are, shoots well against us. If a guy is shooting 10 percent, he’s gonna shoot 40 against us. Just knowing that. There hasn’t been a time where the numbers have told the truth to us when we’ve played guys. | mean, even Brad’s been struggling. So we gotta play everybody like they’re Steph when they play us because these guys — not just this team — everybody has shot the ball well against us.
Source: Twitter @jovanbuha
Source: Twitter @jovanbuha
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Dave McMenamin @mcten
Anthony Davis with as straight forward of a game recap as it gets: “They made a ton of shots. We had turnovers. They capitalized on our turnovers. We missed a ton of shots.” – 1:53 AM
Anthony Davis with as straight forward of a game recap as it gets: “They made a ton of shots. We had turnovers. They capitalized on our turnovers. We missed a ton of shots.” – 1:53 AM
Jovan Buha @jovanbuha
Anthony Davis on the Lakers’ struggles with their 3-point defense: pic.twitter.com/DjZw4QrguQ – 1:32 AM
Anthony Davis on the Lakers’ struggles with their 3-point defense: pic.twitter.com/DjZw4QrguQ – 1:32 AM
Duane Rankin @DuaneRankin
10-0 #Lakers run w/o LeBron James or Anthony Davis.
Timeout #Suns.
Phoenix up 112-90 with 7:24 remaining in game. – 12:05 AM
10-0 #Lakers run w/o LeBron James or Anthony Davis.
Timeout #Suns.
Phoenix up 112-90 with 7:24 remaining in game. – 12:05 AM
Jovan Buha @jovanbuha
Third quarter: Suns 105, Lakers 78
The Lakers were throttled in the third quarter 39-26. They’ve given up at least 30 points in each of the first three quarters. Suns are winning 3PT, FT, rebound and turnover battles. DLo has 14 points. Austin Reaves and AD each have 13. – 11:57 PM
Third quarter: Suns 105, Lakers 78
The Lakers were throttled in the third quarter 39-26. They’ve given up at least 30 points in each of the first three quarters. Suns are winning 3PT, FT, rebound and turnover battles. DLo has 14 points. Austin Reaves and AD each have 13. – 11:57 PM
Duane Rankin @DuaneRankin
At the half: Suns 66 Lakers 52.
PHX: Devin Booker 23 points, Bradley Beal 11, Kevin Durant 9.
Team: 26 points in the paint.
LAL: Anthony Davis 9 points, Taurean Prince, Austin Reaves and LeBron James 8 each.
Team: 24 points in the paint. #Suns #LakeShow – 11:28 PM
At the half: Suns 66 Lakers 52.
PHX: Devin Booker 23 points, Bradley Beal 11, Kevin Durant 9.
Team: 26 points in the paint.
LAL: Anthony Davis 9 points, Taurean Prince, Austin Reaves and LeBron James 8 each.
Team: 24 points in the paint. #Suns #LakeShow – 11:28 PM
Jovan Buha @jovanbuha
Halftime: Suns 66, Lakers 52
No Laker is in double figures yet. Anthony Davis has 9 points. LeBron James, Austin Reaves and Taurean Prince each have 8. Both teams are struggling from beyond the arc (LA is shooting 29.4%; PHX is shooting 28.6%). Devin Booker has 23 points. – 11:07 PM
Halftime: Suns 66, Lakers 52
No Laker is in double figures yet. Anthony Davis has 9 points. LeBron James, Austin Reaves and Taurean Prince each have 8. Both teams are struggling from beyond the arc (LA is shooting 29.4%; PHX is shooting 28.6%). Devin Booker has 23 points. – 11:07 PM
Jovan Buha @jovanbuha
First quarter: Suns 36, Lakers 25
The Lakers came out flat, particularly defending the 3-point line. Taurean Prince leads LA with 8 points. Anthony Davis and Austin Reaves have 5 points. LeBron has 3. Both teams are shooting 52+ percent. Devin Booker has 14 points. – 10:32 PM
First quarter: Suns 36, Lakers 25
The Lakers came out flat, particularly defending the 3-point line. Taurean Prince leads LA with 8 points. Anthony Davis and Austin Reaves have 5 points. LeBron has 3. Both teams are shooting 52+ percent. Devin Booker has 14 points. – 10:32 PM
Jovan Buha @jovanbuha
Lakers’ starters vs. Phoenix:
Austin Reaves
Taurean Prince
Cam Reddish
LeBron James
Anthony Davis
No Christian Wood, Rui Hachimura or Gabe Vincent. – 9:34 PM
Lakers’ starters vs. Phoenix:
Austin Reaves
Taurean Prince
Cam Reddish
LeBron James
Anthony Davis
No Christian Wood, Rui Hachimura or Gabe Vincent. – 9:34 PM
Dave McMenamin @mcten
All-Star voting second returns has LeBron in 1st and AD in 4th. Austin Reaves dropped out of the top 10 for West guards. pic.twitter.com/L0H2yUqkTo – 1:02 PM
All-Star voting second returns has LeBron in 1st and AD in 4th. Austin Reaves dropped out of the top 10 for West guards. pic.twitter.com/L0H2yUqkTo – 1:02 PM
Jeff Goodman @GoodmanHoops
I can’t wait to see who Alabama AD Greg Byrne goes after as Nick Saban’s replacement.
Remember, Byrne went completely outside the box and wound up hitting a home run with hiring basketball coach Nate Oats from Buffalo – which
no one saw coming. – 10:00 AM
I can’t wait to see who Alabama AD Greg Byrne goes after as Nick Saban’s replacement.
Remember, Byrne went completely outside the box and wound up hitting a home run with hiring basketball coach Nate Oats from Buffalo – which
no one saw coming. – 10:00 AM
More on this storyline
Duane Rankin: “They feed off of that. Everything is better when they get to the line.” Jusuf Nurkic on committed just 2 fouls in 28 minutes. Anthony Davis just 1-of-1 FTs vs. Suns after going 11-of-11 in 4th vs. #Raptors. #Lakers 19-of-23 in 4th vs. Toronto. 16-of-25 for the game vs. #Suns. pic.twitter.com/JuGwqht3yh -via Twitter @DuaneRankin / January 12, 2024
SpectrumSN: “I think a lot of our turnovers are unforced.. I think all of us as a group need to read the defense a little better.. and be a little stronger with the basketball.” Anthony Davis on the Lakers having better ball security. -via x.com / January 12, 2024
Los Angeles has continued to tell teams it doesn’t want to part with Austin Reaves, sources said. There does seem to be a pathway for a Murray-to-Los Angeles deal if the Lakers would be willing to include Reaves, sources said, although that would require the Hawks to send back more value for Los Angeles’ liking. Around the league, D’Angelo Russell’s $17 million salary has not been viewed as a valuable trade chip for the Lakers to bolster their roster behind LeBron James and Anthony Davis. -via Yahoo! Sports / January 11, 2024