The Lakers lost a second game in row as they fell against one of the worst teams in the league the Rockets in overtime (130-139). According to Lakers legend James Worthy, it looks like the purple and gold don’t believe in what they are doing on the court.
“I didn’t think that we can hit a new low but we hit a new low tonight,” worthy said on Spectrum SportsNet. “The worst team in the league to be able to dominate like they did in overtime. First four quarters tough enough.
“And I though the Lakers played well enough to win in four quarters, except they missed a lot of free-throws. I think they were 18/26 or something like that. They moved the ball, they had 26 or so assists.
“But to me it looks like, it is just my take on it — at the beginning of the season there was a lot of expectations about this to team to win and I think they are at a point where they know they’re not going to meet those expectations … even without AD, the injuries and all that it’s not an excuse, they should be better than this.
“All the things that they’ve experienced injuries, protocol, they still should be somewhere around 6 or 7 in my opinion. They didn’t start the season serious. With preseason they were waiting around.
“Now I think they realize they can’t win, they don’t feel like they can. This is what I’m seeing. They can’t beat the Suns or the best teams.
“I don’t know man, it’s almost like they’re not dead on arrival but they just don’t have that tenacity they don’t have that will to work their way out of this. Even to get to the play-in game. You would think they might be able to with a healthy team … it doesn’t seem like they believe in anything that they’re doing.”
