The Los Angeles Lakers absolutely suffocated the Sacramento Kings Saturday night and, given the way they’ve performed this season, that was something of a miracle.
Given the amount of scrutiny Laker head coach Luke Walton has been working under since Magic Johnson admonished Walton in a meeting a few weeks ago, that LeBron James and his teammates credited the coaching staff for coming up with a great strategy defensively would not seem to be insignificant (via Spectrum SportsNet):
“We just keyed in on our principles. We had a hell of a game plan and we executed it.