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A Healthy Squad
When Los Angeles was able to be successful early on the whole team was healthy. However, LA started struggling when both D’Angelo Russell and Nick Young went down.
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Heading into the new year, so far Russell and Young have missed a combined 20 of the 31 games. Both of these players were a huge part of the offensive powerhouse that the Purple and Gold were early on, so it’s not hard to understand why the team is currently struggling.
D’Angelo is the floor general who runs the offense and he’s the team leader in assists with 4.5. Julius Randle has added to this sentiment saying that they miss Russell when he’s not on the floor because he gets them into their offense.
Young is best known for his offense and is averaging 14.5 points per game which is fourth on the team. Swaggy P is also arguably the best three point shooter on the team. In order for the team to recapture their early success they need their best players healthy.