En the season opener, the Lakers did not improve the feelings shown in the six friendly preparations, all of them lost. The Angelenos fell to the Warriors despite the great performances of LeBron James and Anthony Davis. The first went to 34 points, 11 rebounds and five assists while the second had 33 points and 11 sacks.
It was the first time after 113 games that the Lakers lost despite one of their stars reaching 30 points. In all the previous ones, they had managed to take the victory. Against the Warriors it was not enough for them to do it at the same time. Twice they achieved that milestone before and both times they were victorious.
The good statistics of LeBron and Davis contrasted with the poor performance of Russell Westbrook in his official debut with the Lakers. The point guard was seen without chemistry with his teammates and very lost when they did not have the ball in their hands. He has always needed to take a lot of play and this campaign will be different and he will have to adapt. He made eight points on a 4/13 pore on shooting, including a 0/4 on 3s. With him on the court, his team lost by 23, the worst figure by far of all the players who participated in the match.