NBA: First alarm lights on the Lakers? Neither the premiere of LeBron and Westbrook prevents the third defeat in a row

“Lakers, we have a problem. “The Los Angeles franchise starts as the second big favorite to win the title of the 2021-2022 season both in the bookmakers and for the managers of the 30 NBA franchises. The signings of DeAndre Jordan, Rajon Rondo, Carmelo Anthony and especially Russell Westbrook they were venturing a course for history in the Angelina franchise. However, for now, the experiment does not finish carbureting and in their third preseason game the Angelenos added their third defeat in a row after falling to Los Golden State Warriors por 121-114.

A clash in which the Angelenos put on the court to LeBron James y Russell Westbrook, who had a break in the first two preseason games. Against the Warriors Vogel had almost all his arsenal (Davis was missing) although he showed that he still has many adjustments to make to make his team work to his liking.

Dwight Howard It was the best of the clash for the Lakers with 23 points and 12 rebounds and Talen Horton-Tucker was the second offensive reference with 17 points. LeBron James played 18 minutes in which he scored nine goals and captured three balls under the hoops, while Russell Westbrook He started and added a single basket of seven attempts to finish with two points, seven rebounds and four assists in his first 17 minutes with the yellow shirt.

Numbers that were insufficient before the offensive display of Stephen Curry y Jordan Poole, a couple that has started the preseason at full throttle and who added 58 points between them to disarm the Lakers. The double NBA MVP ended with 30 points, three rebounds and five steals, while his partner added 28 points (six triples) and two assists, reaffirming his role as a key player on the Warriors this season as Klay Thompson continues his recovery.