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Los Angeles Lakers lose to champs when LeBron James backs out!

By Ronald Agers

OAKLAND, CA - FEBRUARY 2: Kyle Kuzma #0 of the Los Angeles Lakers dunks the ball against the Golden State Warriors on February 2, 2019 at ORACLE Arena in Oakland, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2019 NBAE (Photo by Noah Graham/NBAE via Getty Images)
OAKLAND, CA - FEBRUARY 2: Kyle Kuzma #0 of the Los Angeles Lakers dunks the ball against the Golden State Warriors on February 2, 2019 at ORACLE Arena in Oakland, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2019 NBAE (Photo by Noah Graham/NBAE via Getty Images) /
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Los Angeles Lakers, Brandon Ingram (Photo by Noah Graham/NBAE via Getty Images) /

The good news is that Ingram played great. The bad…he played himself on the trading block!

This post game report shows the professionalism of Rajon Rondo on the previous slide. Let’s just keep the shout outs going and talk about the great play of Brandon Ingram seemingly every time LeBron James is out of the lineup.

Brandon Ingram scored 20 points and corralled four rebounds. Add three assists and a block and you see that Ingram was effective in a game where distractions are surrounding the franchise. At 21 years of age where his pecking order changes by the day, Ingram is rounding himself into a star. After setting a career high this week against the 76ers.

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He continues to be consistent scoring the basketball along with using his length to bother Stephen Curry on the defensive end. Curry got off in the last quarter, but it needs to be recognized that Curry has not shot well in the first two games while starting 0-8 in this one.

Curry seems to struggle with the Lakers length and rushes his shots more against L.A. than any other team. Even the 3 pointers he hit were well contested.

Some NBA analysts want to compare Ingram to Kevin Durant. Outside of the fact they share the same body type, watch here the mid-range game that Ingram shows against KD.

Here’s the issue. I’m going out on a limb saying that the New Orleans Pelicans have cable TV or an NBA app.

Meaning, they will definitely be adding Ingram to a demand list that right now does not include the kitchen sink.

How’s this for dysfunction? Any Lakers player not named LeBron James can play great and still get traded. Isn’t it supposed to be the other way around?

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