The Lakers did not give in to their unfortunate circumstances, but they still dropped a 117-110 game to the Spurs. Here are takeaways from the Lakers’ loss:
The San Antonio Spurs gained a game on the Lakers, playing without injured LeBron James, in the race for a play-in tournament spot with a 117-110 victory.
“One step forward, one step back, one step forward, one step back,” he said. “Five steps back, a couple steps forward. Keep doing the same thing man and, yeah, man, we just got to do a better job, man, as a team to play together and not get down on ourself. We almost in every game, we almost in every single game and we just let a couple calls go the wrong way.
But after going eight for 22 from the field and one for seven from three-point range to finish with 17 points, Monk was not happy. “Yeah, I got to hit a couple more shots, man,” Monk said. “I can’t go one for seven. Or eight for 22. Yeah, what you just said, man, I take full responsibility on that. Not being LeBron, but taking a little load, a little more of a load than I do when he’s there. But, yeah, I can’t go one for seven.”