LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles (LA) Lakers lost to the Golden State Warriors in the 2021-2022 NBA. The Lakers superstar, LeBron James, also gave a classic excuse for his team’s defeat. Playing at home, Staples Center Arena, Wednesday (20/10/2021), morning WIB, the Lakers had to lose 114-121 to the Warriors. Despite winning the first two quarters, it was not enough to give the Lakers victory. In the first quarter, the Lakers were two pawns ahead of the Warriors with a score of 34-32. Meanwhile, in the next quarter, both teams played at a slow tempo. Even so, the Lakers won again with a score of 25-21. However, the Warriors turned things around in the third quarter with a score of 26-30 for the visitors. Then, Stephen Curry et al appeared to dominate in the fourth quarter so that they excel with a score of 29-38. As a result, the Lakers lost 114-121 to the visitors. ALSO READ: NBA 2021-2022 Results Today: LA Lakers beat Golden State Warriors, Milwaukee Bucks beat Brooklyn Nets With this defeat, many people question the Lakers’ poor performances since pre-season. For your information, the Lakers have not once won in pre-season.
After the game, LeBron talked about the reason his team lost again. He said his team made mistakes in the third quarter and the Warriors had players of equal strength in both the first team and back-up. “We made the mistake of letting the Warriors take the lead in the third quarter. We tried to catch up with the points but they played their reserves and performed well,” said LeBron, quoted from Talk Basket, Wednesday (10/20/2021). This defeat indicates there is a problem in the Lakers game. If you want to win again like 2019-2020 ago, LeBron et al had to immediately evaluate their game in order to get a positive result in the next match./.
