With a 150-145 victory over the Indiana Pacers on Sunday night, the Los Angeles Lakers won their third straight game thanks to the dominance of Anthony Davis. With the victory, Davis finished with 36 points and 16 rebounds, and the Lakers finally appear to be peaking at the appropriate time of the season.
Regretfully, it hasn’t made much of a difference for the Lakers in the standings since the teams immediately above them keep winning. Although Davis acknowledged that it’s hard to avoid checking the standings, he echoed LeBron James’ earlier statement that the Lakers must concentrate only on the things that they can control.
“A tiny bit.” Although it’s all over the place right now, Davis stated, “We’re just trying to control what we can, which is winning one game at a time.” Naturally, we make an effort to determine how much behind the sixth seed we are, but you overwork yourself.
“Putting too much pressure on yourself and looking at it constantly, but we’re currently in ninth place, so we just need to keep playing our brand of basketball, concentrate on ourselves, and worry about winning that game. If we keep doing that, the rest will take care of itself.”
The Lakers will be starting a six-game road journey that begins in Milwaukee on Tuesday night, so they will definitely need to maintain that focus. If they have any hope of climbing the standings, it will all depend on how well they perform on this trip, and according to Davis, the goal is to go unbeaten.
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