Luke Walton sees a common theme in depressed games

While there remains a little more than 20 games to play in the 2018-NBA season, head coach Luke Walton and the Los Angeles Lakers are likely to lose their chance to end their drought which lasted five years.

Despite an impressive win against the Houston Rockets, the Lakers did not play urgently against the New Orleans Pelicans, who were without Anthony Davis.

As a result, the Lakers lost 128 to 115 to begin a two-game road trip and now end up at 3.5 games for the Clippers for the eighth and final place in the Western Conference playoffs.

After their 30th loss of the season, Walton identified a common theme in this type of results, via Spectrum SportsNet:

"It's similar to what we're talking about all the time. It's turnovers, free throws, it's the attacker of the defense. When we struggle, these are common themes, but we must keep our heads high. "

In first year with LeBron James and the young core, the Lakers are only 16-11 against teams under .500. Parallel to the defeat against the Pelicans, they fell in front of the worst teams in the league, like the New York Knicks, Cleveland Cavaliers and Atlanta Hawks.

If the Lakers want to give themselves a chance to participate in the playoffs, they will have to come back to their defense among the top 10 and limit the turnarounds. However, Lonzo Ball – who has an impact in these two areas – suffered an ecchymosis in the ankle that could delay his initial use of time set at four or six weeks.

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