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A lot of things went wrong for the Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday night, resulting in their 120-107 loss to the Sacramento Kings.
It was a bad night for several reasons and Keyshawn Johnson got into all of it on Thursday’s episode of “Undisputed.”
Above everything else, Johnson said that the Lakers, and specifically Anthony Davis, had a horrible time limiting Domantas Sabonis.
“You’ve got to keep Sabonis off the glass. You’ve just got to keep him off the glass,” Johnson said.
.@keyshawn reacts to the Kings sweeping the Lakers in regular season matchups:
“It starts with AD…You’ve got to keep Sabonis off the glass.” pic.twitter.com/RNiv3gnHEH
— UNDISPUTED (@undisputed) March 14, 2024
Johnson noted that Sabonis dominated the Lakers when it came to rebounds during Wednesday’s game and that LA didn’t have an answer for him.
He said that Davis’ primary goal should be minimizing Sabonis, who has been a monster all season.
Johnson didn’t stop there, saying that LeBron James didn’t heat up until later in the game, Austin Reaves’ hot streak was short-lived, and D’Angelo Russell looked like a shell of the player he was just a few nights before.
Several games ago, Russell dropped 44 points on the Milwaukee Bucks but Wednesday night he scored a total of 6.
It was a tough game in many ways for the Lakers, a return to bad habits, and a lackluster effort.
And it couldn’t come at a worse time because the playoffs are rapidly approaching and Los Angeles needs as many wins as possible.
Additionally, there is a chance that the Lakers face off against the Kings again in the postseason.
If they don’t have an answer for Sacramento now, will they have one in a couple of weeks during the playoffs?
They need to figure out how to beat the Kings as soon as they can because their season might depend on it.
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