{"id":4271790,"date":"2024-04-24T16:45:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-24T23:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4271790///wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4271790//www.sbsun.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4271790//?p=4271790&preview=true&preview_id=4271790"},"modified":"2024-04-24T19:39:16","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T02:39:16","slug":"lakers-can-help-themselves-against-nuggets-by-making-the-easy-shots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4271790///wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4271790//www.sbsun.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4271790//2024/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4271790//04/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4271790//24/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4271790//lakers-can-help-themselves-against-nuggets-by-making-the-easy-shots/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4271790//","title":{"rendered":"Lakers can help themselves against Nuggets by making the easy shots"},"content":{"rendered":"

EL SEGUNDO /wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4271790/u2014 The Lakers/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4271790/u2019 Wednesday morning film session /wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4271790/u201cstung/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4271790/u201d according to star forward LeBron James./wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4271790/n

Not only because the Lakers had to relive and rewatch themselves blow a 20-point third-quarter lead before Jamal Murray hit a game-winning shot at the final buzzer to seal the Nuggets/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4271790/u2019 101-99 victory in Game 2 of their first-round playoff series on Monday night in Denver./wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4271790/n

But because the film session showed the Lakers not taking advantage of several easy scoring opportunities, contributing to them only scoring 40 second-half points in the loss, which left them down 2-0 in the best-of-seven series going into Thursday night/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4271790/u2019s Game 3 at Crypto.com Arena./wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4271790/n

/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4271790/u201cWe missed a lot of shots at the rim that we/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4271790/u2019ve been making throughout the course of this season,/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4271790/u201d James said. /wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4271790/u201cWe/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4271790/u2019ll live with a lot of the shots that we took./wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4271790/u201d/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4271790/n

To James/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4271790/u2019 point: after leading the league in shooting accuracy within five feet of the basket during the regular season at 68.9%, the Lakers made just 41.7% (10 for 24) of their shots within that area on Monday./wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4271790/n

James, who shot 69.8% near the rim during the regular season, shot 4 for 11 (36.4%) within five feet of the basket in Game 2. Rui Hachimura, who shot 71.7% near the rim during the regular season, made just one of his four attempts (25%) within five feet on Monday./wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4271790/n

/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4271790/u201cThere were some in the first quarter, second, third and fourth,/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4271790/u201d James said. /wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4271790/u201cSo just some ones that we/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4271790/u2019re very capable of making. I wouldn/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4271790/u2019t blame the fatigue on a few of my misses at the goal./wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4271790/u201d/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4271790/n

Missed layups/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4271790//dunks not only prevent the offense from capitalizing off of easier scoring opportunities, but they typically also kickstart the opposing team/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4271790/u2019s transition attack since the player who missed the shot will be under or near the rim./wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4271790/n

/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4271790/u201cThey/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4271790/u2019re a solid defensive team, no doubt,/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4271790/u201d Lakers coach Darvin Ham said of the defending NBA champions, who have beaten the Lakers 10 consecutive times, /wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4271790/u201cbut when you/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4271790/u2019re missing point-blank layups, that/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4271790/u2019s kinda tough to overcome./wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4271790/u201d/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4271790/n

D/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4271790/u2019Angelo Russell mentioned fatigue being a factor for the Lakers being less efficient near the rim./wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4271790/n

The Lakers shot a combined 53.8% within five feet of the basket in the series/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4271790/u2019 first two games./wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4271790/n

/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4271790/u201cThis time of the year you really focus on defense,/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4271790/u201d Russell said. /wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4271790/u201cDefense all around the league is the priority of focus, physicality. And when you look up, that kind of wears on your body and fatigue sets in. So if fatigue sets in, shots are short, mechanics get a little off, you start to see more misses at this time of the year./wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4271790/n

/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4271790/u201cAnd you credit it to playoff lights and bright lights and all that (expletive). But it comes down to fatigue, your focus and you shoot the same shots you shoot all year. I like our shots. I like the shots we/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4271790/u2019re getting, the shots that we keep creating. Just gotta make them./wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4271790/u201d/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4271790/n

Film sessions can help filter out the /wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4271790/u201cpostgame emotions,/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4271790/u201d as Ham put it./wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4271790/n

So when asked about All-Star big man Anthony Davis/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4271790/u2019 comments after Monday/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4271790/u2019s loss, when Davis said, /wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4271790/u201cwe have stretches where we just don/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4271790/u2019t know what we/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4271790/u2019re doing on both ends of the floor. And those are the ones that cost us,/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4271790/u201d Ham chalked it up to post-game frustrations./wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4271790/n

The Lakers have been outscored by a combined 114-83 in the second halves after winning the first halves 119-101. Davis didn/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4271790/u2019t speak with reporters after Wednesday/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4271790/u2019s practice./wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4271790/n

/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4271790/u201cSometimes when plays don/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4271790/u2019t turn out the way you think they should, then the frustration sets in a little bit,/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4271790/u201d Ham said. /wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4271790/u201cBut I don/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4271790/u2019t think it/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4271790/u2019s [from] us not being organized. I have incredibly talented coaches all along my staff./wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4271790/n

/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4271790/u201cWe pride ourselves, whether it/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4271790/u2019s a practice, a shootaround, a film session, a game or whatever, we pride ourselves on being highly efficient and organized. I just chalk that up to being frustrated. It/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4271790/u2019s an emotional game, the way it ended and all of that. But I/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4271790/u2019ll agree to disagree on that one./wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4271790/u201d/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4271790/n

After building a 12-point lead in Game 1 and a 20-point advantage in Game 2, Ham said there is plenty to build on despite the losses./wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4271790/n

/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4271790/u201cYou have to understand why you failed at something,/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4271790/u201d Ham said. /wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4271790/u201cIt/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4271790/u2019s not just, /wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4271790/u2018We failed, let/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4271790/u2019s scrap the whole plan and go this way./wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4271790/u2019 No. You have to understand why things went the way they went./wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4271790/u201d/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4271790/n

They also have to figure out how to hold those leads against a team that has consistently outplayed them down the stretch since last spring/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4271790/u2019s Western Conference finals sweep./wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4271790/n

/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4271790/u201cIt/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4271790/u2019s all about sustainability,/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4271790/u201d James said. /wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4271790/u201cIt doesn/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4271790/u2019t matter what you can do throughout the first 47/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4271790/u00bd minutes. You got to close the game, which we didn/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4271790/u2019t do. We got to do a better job of that. But some of the things that we/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4271790/u2019ve done over the first couple games, we/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4271790/u2019re very excited and happy about those./wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4271790/n

/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4271790/u201cBut we got to do a better job of closing it./wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4271790/u201d/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4271790/n

LAKERS AT NUGGETS/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4271790/n

What: Western Conference playoffs, first round, Game 3/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4271790/n

When: Monday, 7 p.m./wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4271790/n

Where: Crypto.com Arena/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4271790/n

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