Lakers News: Los Angeles Fans Furious At Darvin Ham After Kings Loss

Should they be?
Lakers News: Los Angeles Fans Furious At Darvin Ham After Kings Loss
Lakers News: Los Angeles Fans Furious At Darvin Ham After Kings Loss /
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As your Los Angeles Lakers underwent a 41-point swing (not a typo), going from a 19-point first quarter lead to a 22-point second half deficit, during their eventual 130-120 loss to the Sacramento Kings, irate fans flocked to the Social Media Platform Formerly Known As Twitter (we can call it X) to shred second-year head coach Darvin Ham.

Ham's coaching tactics came under major scrutiny during the bout. All-Star center Anthony Davis was limited to a scant 14 points, thanks to aggressive Kings double coverage, supplied by ex-Lakers head coach Mike Brown.

Radically, Ham opted to go mega-small ball at one point when The Brow ran into some foul issues:

Defensive choices operated as a recurrent talking point.

One fan expressed a desire for LA to go one step further than firing Ham alone, agitating for the club to give the boot to the man who hired him, team president Rob Pelinka:

Ham's decision to not even call a timeout during a decisive 21-2 Kings tear was, uh, not particularly well-received.

The hands-in-pockets look proved to be pretty popular in fans' encapsulation of this moment.

A non-Lakers NBA appreciator took to criticizing LA fandom as a whole, for its epic online mood swings during disappointing wins and underwhelming losses.


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Alex Kirschenbaum
ALEX KIRSCHENBAUM

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