After another road loss, the conversations postgame all revolved around the same key themes of energy, effort and contextualizing a short-handed team’s early season struggles.
While excuses for the Lakers are presentable and even fair to make, you didn’t hear any of that talk from the players or the coaching staff in Houston.
“It’s next man up. We’ve got a lot of guys. It’s the reason the roster is this way,” Taurean Prince said postgame. “There’s really no excuse. We’ve got guys that can step up to the plate and serve well in whatever role is needed that night.