Darvin Ham's Bold Statement After Lakers-Hawks Game

Darvin Ham met with the media after Tuesday's game.

On Tuesday evening, the Los Angeles Lakers had a disappointing 138-122 loss to the Atlanta Hawks at State Farm Arena.  

They had been coming off a 135-119 loss to the Houston Rockets, so it's been two 16-point losses in a row (Anthony Davis did not play against the Hawks). 

After the game, head coach Darvin Ham met with the media and shared a bold statement (h/t Spectrum SportsNet). 

Ham: "Having a back-to-back, no AD, it's different circumstances that you can use them as excuses, or you can say, hey, the whole league goes through it. We gotta look ourselves in the mirror and man the hell up."

“We gotta look ourselves in the mirror and man up.” Darvin Ham speaks on the hard travel this season and Christian Wood’s tweet before the game. pic.twitter.com/RURxxoBaR4

— Spectrum SportsNet (@SpectrumSN) January 31, 2024

Austin Reaves led the team with 28 points, six rebounds and two steals while shooting 10/19 from the field and 3/8 from the three-point range in 32 minutes of playing time. 

With the loss, the Lakers dropped to 24-25 in their first 49 games, which has them as the ninth seed in the Western Conference. 

They are in the middle of a two-game losing streak and are 5-5 over their last ten games. 

Following the tough loss to the Hawks, the Lakers will now head to Boston for a showdown with Jayson Tatum and the Celtics on Thursday.  

The Celtics are the first seed in the Eastern Conference (and the best team in the NBA) with a 37-11 record in their first 48 games.   

As for the Hawks, they improved to 20-27 in their first 47 games, which has them as the tenth seed in the Eastern Conference.

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