How Darvin Ham Believes Lakers Will Respond in Next Game After Another Bad Loss

What Ham thinks after loss.

With the Los Angeles Lakers losing another game to the Sacramento Kings on Sunday, head coach Darvin Ham is now tasked with getting his team to rebound.

Despite some of the Lakers' untimely or disappointing losses this year, Ham says one of their strengths this season has been rebounding and responding to these losses.

"We've been doing a good job of bouncing back from devastating losses and getting that bad feeling and taste out of our mouths, and we'll do the same with this game. Extract what we can from it, learn from it, and get ready for the Warriors on Saturday."

— LeBron James, via Spectrum SportsNet.

Darvin Ham: "We've been doing a good job of bouncing back from devastating losses and getting that bad feeling and taste out of our mouths, and we'll do the same with this game... learn from it and get ready for the Warriors on Saturday." pic.twitter.com/a3LTPzfIOV

— Spectrum SportsNet (@SpectrumSN) March 14, 2024

The Lakers have shown a strong track record of getting back on track after a loss. Just last week when the Lakers lost to the Kings, they responded the next game by defeating the 41-23 and title-contending Milwaukee Bucks. 

After their two most recent losses to the Denver Nuggets, the Lakers got key wins after against the New Orleans Pelicans and the Oklahoma City Thunder. They also followed up a loss to the Phoenix Suns with a comeback win over the Los Angeles Clippers.

They'll need to continue this trend on Saturday when the team takes on the Golden State Warriors. The Lakers lost their most recent game to the Warriors on Feb 22, but LeBron James was unable to play in that game. When James last played the Warriors, Los Angeles snuck away with a crazy 145-144 win.  

With the Warriors just two games behind the Lakers, this game is key for the Lakers to avoid losing their lead over Golden State in the Western Conference standings. All this adds to the importance of the Lakers responding on Saturday.