Los Angeles Lakers revived strongly, LeBron James dreams of the NBA championship again
After a season of ups and downs, things are finally looking right for the Los Angeles Lakers. LeBron James and his teammates' blow-out 134-109 victory over the Houston Rockets on April 3 is the 10th win in the last 14 appearances.
When LeBron James was injured four weeks ago, not many people were positive about the competitiveness of the Los Angeles Lakers. But now, the purple yellow shirt team is only 0.5 matches from the 5th place in the West (1 win).
The revival and change of fate of the Los Angeles Lakers not only helps the team's fans feel positive, even insiders like LeBron James can't hide their excitement.
Immediately after the victory over Houston with a 25-point difference, the "king" mentioned the Lakers' collective championship hope:
“We want to put ourselves in a position where we can compete for the championship. This is a long process and I know our team doesn't have as much time to bond as other competitors. But I like what we have here, this collective and this solidarity.
If I look back at the past four weeks, I couldn't play because of the injury. However, my teammates still fight, at the same time they build up their playstyle and become more cohesive. When I came back and joined this group, I felt very happy and excited."
Playing his fourth game since returning from injury, LeBron James pocketed his 107th career triple-double with relative ease. He scored 18 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists, contributing to the victory to bring the Lakers up to 7th in the West.
If LeBron "coordinates from the back", Anthony Davis is a shining name in the front line Bigman born in 1993 scored 40 points with great performance, reached 15-20 FG with 9 rebounds and 2 blocks.
In the last 3 away games, Davis is averaging 38.7 points/game with a shot rate of 65.2% FG, an extremely impressive set of indicators that show how terrible AD's form is.
“You can see Anthony Davis stepping up and asserting his status as a top star. The team desperately needed Davis to shine and he immediately responded to expectations. Right now I think that no one can stop Davis," head coach Darvin Ham said of the student.
In front of the Los Angeles Lakers collective are the last 4 matches of the Regular Season. They will have an away game against Utah Jazz on Wednesday, followed by a game against neighboring LA Clippers on Thursday.
After the two back-to-back matches mentioned above, LeBron James and his teammates will close the Regular phase with two home matches, welcoming the Phoenix Suns (Saturday) and Utah Jazz (next Monday) respectively.
“These are four very important matches for us. Not only the story of winning and losing and ranking, it is also a place for the team to continue to build cohesion. Let's see what happens," LeBron said.
