During their first game back from the all-star break, the Lakers seemed to be back in their bad ways as the Houston Rockets held a 19-point lead against them. They would stage a furious comeback and win that game and all seemed well.
Then, the team went out and faced a New Orleans Pelicans team without Anthony Davis and got blown out.
LeBron was not pleased as he showed following the 128-115 loss as James’ sounded upset that his squad has been accustomed to losing.
“The last few years, everyone’s so accustomed to the losses that I’m just not accustomed to. I’m not accustomed to it, I would never get comfortable with losing,” said James. “Losing Game 1 to Houston, it feels the same way as losing Game 59 in New Orleans, for me. That’s just how I’m built. That’s who I am.”
Ingram, Kuzma, and injured Lonzo Ball have been a part of some atrocious Lakers teams prior to James arrival.
“How many know what’s at stake if you’ve never been there?” added the four-time league Most Valuable Player. “When you’ve never been there or know what it takes to actually shoot for something like that, sometimes you’re afraid to get uncomfortable. You’ve got to be comfortable with being uncomfortable.
“I’m not saying that’s what we are as a whole – it kind of looks that way at times that sometimes I feel like we’re afraid to get uncomfortable, get out of our comfort zone, have that sense of urgency from the jump and not be afraid to actually go out and fail to succeed. We have, what, 23 games left? We’ll see what happens.”
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The Lakers (29-30) now find themselves 3.5 games back of the Los Angeles Clippers for the eighth seed in the Western Conference.
