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The honey moon phase is over, LeBron James wants 'a lot' of changes in the team

The LA Lakers suffered one of their worst historic losses in the franchise, LeBron James isn't having it

By James Brown

The LA Lakers suffered one of their worst historic losses in the franchise, LeBron James isn't having it
The LA Lakers suffered one of their worst historic losses in the franchise, LeBron James isn't having it
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After the historic loss the Los Angeles Lakers suffered to the Philadelphia 76ers, the 4th worst for the purple and gold in the franchise history, the players got real on what went wrong and things needing to change, especially LeBron James.

On Monday night, everything that could have gone wrong for the Lakers did, not only they are shorthanded with most of their wing depth out due to injuries, but coach Ham didn't plan the game right and the players did not bring the energy necessary to compete against Joel Embiid and Tyrese Maxey.

LeBron James broke the mark of the most played minutes in the NBA by a player, passing the Lakers legend Kareem-Abdul Jabbar, but the King doesn't care about it. The 44-point loss, the largest of James' 21-year career and tied for the fifth largest in Lakers history, was far more pressing.

James and the rest of LA's main rotation players were pulled for good with 8:18 remaining in the fourth quarter and the Lakers already trailing by 27. James was asked whether he has thought about what needs to change with his team, which is now 3-6 on the road and 10-8 overall, to avoid defeats like Monday's moving forward. "What needs to change for that not to happen again? Um, a lot," James said. Asked if there was anything in particular LA needed to focus on, he repeated: "No. A lot."

Anthony Davis spoke on the loss to the 76ers

"Feel like we just weren't together," Lakers big man Anthony Davis said. “A lot of quick shots, one-pass shots, no-pass shots. They started making a lot of shots. And when their lead kind of opened up a little bit -- 15, 20, 25 -- I think we all tried to be the hero to make the team come back instead of just sticking with it.”


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