“It started with themselves, how can we all be better individually, and then come together as a group, and I think just throughout the season, the work ethic of LeBron, the persistence of AD, both of those guys.” “One of the things I wanted to reestablish here was our competitiveness, and then work toward building a team, a roster of players that were together and that weren’t afraid to acknowledge what we’re doing wrong and how we can fix it,” Ham said. Ham never hesitates to credit his superstars for the Lakers’ success, even while he does impressive work in molding the team around them. But Los Angeles is 27-12 since the trade deadline, with no back-to-back losses since March 17.
The Lakers had to fight just to get into the postseason, only getting into a play-in spot for good with 2 1/2 weeks left in the regular season. Davis’ injury problems limited him to 40 games, while James played in only 56.
They’re coming off a tremendously disappointing 2021-22 season in which they missed the playoffs while going 33-49, leading to Frank Vogel’s firing and Darvin Ham’s arrival. The Lakers are 95-49 when James and Davis are playing together, and this postseason has been an archetypal example of what they can do. LeBron and AD have won six of their seven playoff series together, losing only when Davis was hurt in the first round against Phoenix in 2021. We weren’t as healthy as we would like to be, but we still played good basketball after the break to put us in the position.” 500 and in 13th place in the Western Conference, James praised the front office for overhauling the roster around the trade deadline with the arrivals of D’Angelo Russell, Rui Hachimura and Jarred Vanderbilt.īut James quickly added a second reason: “Also, staying healthy. When asked why the seventh-seeded Lakers find themselves four games from the NBA Finals just three months after they were six games below.
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