LA Lakers crashed out of the playoff after the suffer 7th straight loss against the Phoenix Sun on Tuesday.
Los Angeles Lakers will be participating in the playoff as they have crashed out of the playoff contention after a 7 straight loss.
The Lakers suffer yet another defeat to the Phoenix Sun on Tuesday after the game ended 121-110 in Phoenix favour.
The 116-97 win by the San Antonio Spurs over Denver Nuggets officially eliminated the Lakers from play-in contention with three games remaining in the regular season.
Speaking after their loss to the Phoenix Sun Laker coach Frank Vogel stated that he is extremely disappointed for the result.
“Extremely disappointed,” Lakers coach Frank Vogel said. “Disappointed for our fan base. Disappointed for the Buss family, who gave us all this opportunity and we want to play our part in bringing success to Laker basketball and we fell short.”
Lakers Carmelo Anthony admits they have the tools to do the job but things were out of control but insists they don’t have to make excuses.
“We just didn’t get it done,” said Carmelo Anthony. “We had the tools. Some things were out of our control — some things we could control, some things we couldn’t. And it’s nothing else more than we didn’t get it done. You can’t make no excuses about it. We just didn’t get it done.”
Westbrook, whose team-high 28 points against the Suns were marred by six turnovers, was asked if he would like a chance for a re-do next season and finish out the final year of his contract with the Lakers.
“I mean, that’s the plan. But nothing is promised,” Westbrook said. “Yes, we want to be able to see what that looks like, what that entails over the course of an 82-game season. But we’re not sure if that’s guaranteed, either. So I just hope that we have a chance to be able to do something.”
Davis was still at a loss for words, figuring out how the Lakers squandered the opportunity.
“Our goal was to win a championship,” he said after putting up 21 points and 13 rebounds. “Feel like we had the pieces, but injuries got in the way of that. And that was the difference in the season. I think even though we lost games where all of us was on the floor — me, Bron, Russ — I think we’re three great players, but we would have figured it out if we logged more minutes together. But we weren’t able to do that, which makes it tough to be able to compete for a championship when your three best players haven’t logged enough minutes together.”
It’s the Lakers’ longest losing streak of the season, while San Antonio won for the seventh time in its past eight games to guarantee it will be at least the 10-seed in the play-in. The New Orleans Pelicans, who needed either a win Tuesday night or a loss by the Lakers, beat the Sacramento Kings 123-109 to clinch a playoff spot.
