Lonzo Ball played better in this game
I mean it wasn’t hard to be honest. I mean in the Minnesota game he scored well…let me put it this way…
Close your eyes. What do you see? Nothing? That’s what Lonzo scored in the game! Lonzo never got out of the starting block missing all of his four shots from the field and two from the free throw line. It was bad.
This game was very different…
🎥 Lonzo Ball finished with 21 points, 7 boards, and 5 assists in tonight's #LakersWin in Dallas. pic.twitter.com/yPUu46zDo7
— Los Angeles Lakers (@Lakers) January 8, 2019
Lonzo came out with the big boy pants and was aggressive early and carried it on for the entire game. Lonzo scored 21 points, grabbed 7 rebounds and dished out 5 assists in a game that was a statement game not only to the Mavericks, but the Lakers franchise and it’s fan base.
What was talked about earlier with Ingram means double for Ball. With Ingram, he realizes what he can do, he just needs to continue to improve.
With Lonzo, he needs to be aggressive, early, late and often. This is about confidence when we deal with the analysis of Lonzo. Teammates, coaches, the front office have all preached being aggressiveness to him.
He needs to do this for the rest of the year. His future in Los Angeles depends on it.
His first two shots of the game was with the belief that he was a scorer, something that has not been the case for much of his career. His first shot was a 3-pointer, then he comes back and dunks on DeAndre Jordan. This takes confidence. He carried on shooting big time shot after big time shot.
If you saw the backdoor play set up by Josh Hart for the slam dunk you can see why the Lakers are making sure that this guy is worth keeping instead of making a rash move making a bad trade.
He didn’t have to catch my man, Dirk Nowitzki on that alley oop