Los Angeles Lakers you don’t find peace. His team LeBron James, Anthony Davis Y Russell Westbrook suffered another defeat on Monday by those who were in pain with special weight, then allowing 139 points against the Utah Jazz, the same team that had scored 130 points on them a few days earlier. And his record continues to sink.
Aggelenos score a record 2-8 after 10 presentations, in what is immediate one of the worst season starts in its history. It’s not the worst of all, but it can be said that the more shocking because of the team’s previous expectations: No one expected much from the 2014-2015 Lakers.
The Lakers last year did not qualify for the playoffs and ended with a abysmal 33-49 record, just 40% of wins, and in the market they decided not to move a lot of chips, complicated with salary cap and after not moving Russell Westbrook. But equally with presence of names from the hierarchy of James, Davis and Westbrook under their own weight they impose themselves as a team that should be more competitive than the 2-8 that has them penultimate in the west.
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Y without the 2023 Plan having its own optionat the hands of the New Orleans Pelicans, the fear of disaster is even greater for the Lakers.
2-8 marks one of the four worst starts to a season in team history, three of which have come since 2014-2015 and then, which signals how complicated it has been for the Angels of late beyond the title they achieved in the 2019-2020 season, An oasis in the desert.
The Lakers’ point differential also marks one of the four worst starts in franchise history: -79, then four losses that were by 14 points or more.
Darwin Ham’s team owns worst offense in the league by offensive rating (they score 103.5 points per 100 possessions, 13.2 points less than the leader of the ranking, the Boston Celtics), while defensively, they don’t even make the top seven in the Western Conference: They are 12th in the league with 110.8. The three-point shot dooms them, as it did long ago: they barely carry a 29.1% accuracy when the league average is 35.7%.
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When the season started ESPN reporter Adrian Wojnarowski reported that executive Rob Pelinka would wait 20 Regular Season games to make decisions and see how to rearrange the team or even the direction of the team in case you have to think of a way to rebuild if losses continue to occur. Will this patience last? It’s missing another three weeks to reach race number 20.
What is the worst start to a season in Los Angeles Lakers history?
The 2014-2015 season was the Los Angeles Lakers’ worst season through the first 10 games: the team was left with a record one win and nine losses. done with 21-61which wasn’t the Lakers’ worst record in their history: the 17-65 of the bell 2015-2016 was worse, with a 20.7% win rate.
How many times have the Los Angeles Lakers failed to make the Playoffs?
The Los Angeles Lakers began participating in the NBA as the Minneapolis Lakers in the season 1948-1949 (when the league was still the BAA) and since then only missed the playoffs in 12 years. His postseasons 1958, 1975, 1976, 1994, 2005, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2022 they were the ones who didn’t have the Lakers on their minds. It’s clear how absenteeism has piled up over the past decade.
How many times has LeBron James failed to make the playoffs?
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Since he came to the NBA LeBron James missed the playoffs three times: This happened in the 2003-2004 (35-47 record) and 2004-2005 (42-40) seasons with the Cleveland Cavaliers and the 2021-2022 season with the Los Angeles Lakers (33-49).
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On the evening of December 25 and the night of December 26, five Christmas games were traditionally held as part of the NBA regular season.
The most important match of the match day was played in Oklahoma, where the Thunder hosted San Antonio.
The home team started the game better and were ahead for most of the first quarter, but they missed a move 0:11 into the quarter, allowing Spurs to take the lead 41:36. Oklahoma was unable to take the lead after that, but San Antonio maintained its lead by keeping the game under control and eventually won 117-102.
The Spurs have won all three games against the Thunder this season, while Oklahoma has lost just two of the other 28 games.
The most productive player of the match was Fox, who brought 29 points to San Antonio, while Vembanyama also scored a double-double with 19 points and 11 rebounds.
The Lakers played Houston at home and suffered a crushing defeat.
The fate of the match was decided in the first quarter, when the Rockets won by 12 points (25:37). Afterwards, they increased their advantage by completely controlling the course of the match and eventually won with a score of 119:96.
For Houston, Thompson scored 26 points and Shengyun had a double-double with 14 points and 12 rebounds.
Denver and Minnesota closed out game day.
The first half of the match ended in a draw. Neither team managed to take a lead of more than 9 points, and Denver entered the big break with a 2-point lead at 57:55. In the third quarter, the Nuggets made an attack of 6:0 at the beginning and 10:2 in the middle, reaching a 16-point lead, and at the end of the quarter they were ahead +15 – 90:78. The Timberwolves did not give up and made a 16:2 move midway through the fourth quarter, reaching a lead of 107:108. This gave fans a tense ending; Edwards hit a three-pointer 2 seconds before the siren, sending the game into overtime at 115:115. And there Jokic played a decisive role and scored 18 points in 5 minutes, allowing the Nuggets to win 142:138.
Jokic scored 56 points in the NBA on Christmas Day, falling just four shy of Bernard King’s record. Nikola also recorded a triple-double with 16 rebounds and 15 assists. Murray had a double-double with 35 points and 10 assists.
NBA. Regular season. Christmas Day, 25-26 December
New York – Cleveland – 126:124 (23:38, 37:20, 24:38, 42:28)
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14 games of the NBA regular season were played on the night of December 23-24.
“Utah” hosted “Memphis” and in the middle of the second quarter they were ahead by 15 points at 50:65, but then they made a move at 17:4 and returned to the match 67:69. In the third quarter, the Jazz managed to take the lead with 71:69 and the game was leveled, but the Grizzlies added points at the end of the quarter and took the lead again with 109:101 and then calmly maintained the advantage with 137:128.
Svyatoslav Mikhayyuk The player, who was in Utah’s top 5 and played 22 minutes, recorded 9 points (4/4 free throws, 1/4 two-pointers, 1/5 three-pointers), 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals, 1 turnover and 1 foul.
The most productive player of the match was Aldama, who scored 37 points for Memphis, while Spencer also recorded a double-double, adding 11 points and 13 assists.
In the main match of game day, San Antonio unexpectedly defeated Oklahoma.
During the three quarters, there was an even contest in which no team could gain a lead of more than 8 points, and the leader changed 16 times. The fate of the match winner was decided in the fourth quarter, and the 9:0 attack of the home team was effective in this, and then the advantage reached 12 points (98:86). San Antonio then controlled the course of the game and confidently cruised to victory, gaining an advantage of 130:110.
The top scorer of the winning team was Johnson, who scored 25 points, while Castle scored 24 points for Spurs.
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Version Forbes announced its annual ranking of the world’s most expensive sports teams.
NFL franchise Dallas Cowboys, estimated to be worth $13 billion, has led the pack for the ninth year in a row.
While NBA Golden State Warriors ranked second with a valuation of $11 billion, another representative of American football, Los Angeles Rams (10.5 billion), was in the top three.
The top 10, as last year, includes only American teams from the NFL and NBA. There are seven NFL clubs in the top 10 overall, which Forbes analysts attribute to the league’s large-scale television contracts.
Among football clubs, Real Madrid remains the most expensive – the Spanish giant ranked only 20th with a value of $6.75 billion.
Also in the top 50 are Manchester United (24th, 6.6 billion), Barcelona (42nd, 5.65 billion) and Liverpool (48th, 5.4 billion). In total, only four football clubs are represented in the top 50 rankings.
Formula 1 representatives also returned to the list – Ferrari (26th place) and Mercedes (34th).
The 20 most valuable sports teams in the world according to Forbes
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