LeBron James gives blunt assessment of Lakers after loss to Hawks
The Los Angeles Lakers dropped their second consecutive game on Tuesday night, a 138-122 loss to the Atlanta Hawks in the third game of a six-game road stretch. Following the disappointing loss, Lakers star LeBron James was as direct and candid as he's been in recent memory. When evaluating this Lakers team, he summed things up with two sentences that perfectly described the group this season.
"We could, on any given night, beat any team in the NBA," James said, per ESPN's Dave McMenamin. "And then, on any given night, we could get our ass kicked by any team in the NBA."
The Lakers fell to 24-25 with the loss, a fact that James also mentioned after his statement. They've sat around the .500 mark for the bulk of the season and James is correct in the assessment that the Lakers can compete with any team out there. Unfortunately, he's also spot-on about the fact that they can lose to any team on any night, as we've seen this team look great together, and also struggle mightily.
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