Los Angeles Lakers has achieved 0.500 record at 37-37 after a long gap of 400 days. The Lakers bagged a crucial 116-111 win against Oklahoma City Thunder on Friday night. With this much-needed win and with another eight matches remaining in the regular season, the Lakers are up and alive for the playoff race.
The Lakers’ head coach Darvin Ham stated that they will look to carry the momentum in the upcoming matches to boost their chances.
“Now it’s time, instead of constantly facing a deficit, we get to try to create a surplus, create a cushion between the wins and losses,” Lakers coach Darvin Ham said. “So the guys are excited about that.”
Dennis Schroder, who played a key role in the win with 21 points and six assists, stated that the Lakers are still not finished.
“Big accomplishment but we’re still not finished,” said Dennis Schroder.
Meanwhile, Lonnie Walker IV also played a key hand as he scored 20 points while coming off the bench.
“He’s the guy who won us the game, it’s that simple,” Schroder said of Walker. “Everybody thanked him for that tonight. This is his win.”
Anthony Davis was the star of the show for the Lakers as the talisman scored 37 points. Davis also contributed with 15 rebounds in the team’s win.
“We got to .500, now it’s time to get on the other side and can have more wins than losses,” said Anthony Davis. “So it starts Sunday. We got an opportunity to be a game above .500 against a good Bulls team.”
Ham added that his team should take one game at a time and focus on what is working for them since the deadline.
“We just have to approach these upcoming games, these last eight, like we’ve been doing since the deadline: Each game is its own entity,” Ham said. “We can’t worry about going 6-2 or 7-1 or 5-3. We just have to approach each game and dive and pour all of ourselves into each particular game. So we’ll continue to carry on as such.”
The Lakers will face Chicago Bulls on Sunday night.
