The Los Angeles Lakers are now on a three-game losing streak after falling against the Phoenix Suns (90-108). After a narrow first half, the purple and gold lost the second half by 16 points.
According to Lakers assistant coach David Fizdale, who replaced Frank Vogel on the bench, his team was really stagnant in the second half, which cost them the game.
“We knew that [the Suns] were 3/22 in the first half from three and they missed some open looks and our focus coming out of the half was to limit their opportunities,” Fizdale said postgame. “But we didn’t do a good job of that, we didn’t come out with the necessary urgency to take away the three-point line.
“But probably more than anything that hurt us was offensively, we got really stagnant. And they do that to teams, you watch them on film, they get teams to stand, they get teams to hold. I thought in the second half that was the difference. Our offense stalled out and it allowed them to play off of more misses in transition and catching us in different matchup situations.”
