For many reasons, Monday’s loss to the Kings was less than ideal. On top of letting a winnable game get away from them, the contest also featured overtime and a heavy workload for LeBron James and Anthony Davis.
Even in normal circumstances, that wouldn’t be great. But the team’s first back-to-back comes on Monday, meaning those big minutes for the Lakers stars is even worse.
Less than a week after much discussion of him playing under 30 minutes against the Nuggets, LeBron played 39 on Sunday. His counterpart, AD, played 42 minutes as well.