The Lakers are not where they expected to be at this point of the season. With 26 wins and 31 losses Los Angeles is 9th in the Western Conference.
According to Lakers rookie Austin Reaves, the veterans of the team remain focused and are not checked out, despite the struggles.
“Just the way the conduct themselves on and off the floor,” the 23-year-old shooting guard said. “Things haven’t went the way we’ve wanted them to go so far but nobody’s checked out, nobody’s like ‘Screw this, we’ll just focus on next year’ whatever. It’s still in the moment and really just trying to figure out what we can do to be successful.
“We got vets that have done this for a long time and they know what it takes and they know that we have what it takes to take that next step. But it’s really just figuring it out, putting it all together.
“In my opinion it starts with the energy we had in the Golden State game and just moving forward in that aspect.”
