Luke Walton : Lakers' need more passion' from Lonzo Ball, Brandon Ingram
MINNEAPOLIS - After a 108-86 loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves dropped the
Los Angeles Lakers to 1-5 without LeBron James this season, Lakers coach Luke
Walton said he want to see more fire from his team's two former lottery picks,
Lonzo Ball and Brandon Ingram, as they try to make it through James' absence.
"They're trying, but they're young," Walton said of Ball and Ingram, both just
21 years old. "At some point, we need more passion. We need for fight. And
that's not scoring more. That's more diving for loose balls, communicating
loudly, grabbing [rebounds].
"Brandon had some really crack-back rebounds tonight that we can get out and
run [from]. We need that all the time from him. So, it's not just them, but
until we get healthy again, you got to play in this league with some passion
and fire. It's hard to win in this league when you are healthy. So you need to
double that effort when guys are down.
Aside from James, out with a groin injury, the Lakers were missing Rajon Rondo
(finger surgery) and Kyle Kuzma (lower back contusion) and got off to a
disastrous start, trailing 26-5 midway through the first quarter.
Resource from ESPN News
在 Minnesota Timberwolves 以 108-86 擊敗 Los Angeles Lakers 之後，Lakers 在沒有
LeBron James 的情況下的戰績來到1勝5敗。
Lakers 教練 Luke Walton 說道，他希望看到兩位樂透選秀的前場球員 Lonzo Ball 以及
Brandon Ingram 擁有更多攻擊機會，在 LeBron 缺席的情況下而那正是他們正在做的事。
「雖然他們正在試著做這些事情，不過他們還年輕。」 Walton 說道關於 Ball 以及
Ingram — 他們也只有21歲。
在某些時候，我們需要更多熱情，我們需要上場比賽。
這不是說需要拿到更多分數，而是需要更多無球跑動、大聲得溝通以及抓下籃板。
「Brandon 今天有很好的抄截以及籃板表現，這讓我們可以控制場上節奏、繼續以我們的
節奏打球，我們總是需要他。所以不只是他們，我們必須憑著熱情與鬥志去打球直到我們
再次恢復健康。當健康時在聯盟打贏就是件難事，何況是現在；所以我們應該付出雙倍努
力當你的隊友不在正常狀況下。」
Lakers 除了 LeBron 因鼠蹊部受傷缺席之外，還有 Rondo 手指手術以及 Kuzma 腰部挫傷
。在第一節以 26-5 的攻勢落後之後，就是一個災難性的開始。
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