10/15/2022 at 10:55
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The Sacramento Kings destroyed the Los Angeles Lakers this Friday (133-86), who closed their preseason with another defeat
Westbrook’s hesitation to start the season joins Dennis Schroder’s finger injury
The Sacramento Kings destroyed the Los Angeles Lakers this Friday (133-86), who closed their preseason with another very resounding defeat, they have only won one of their six preparation games and they keep in doubt Russell Westbrookwho left the match due to discomfort.
The point guard, who came off the bench as a backup in a Lakers preseason experiment, left the game in the first quarter with hamstring problems.
The Angeleno technician, Darwin Hamassured following the confrontation once morest the Kings that the inconvenience of Westbrook They don’t look like anything serious but he said more tests will be done on Saturday.
the doubt of Westbrook to start the season joins the injury to the finger of Dennis Schroderwho also risks missing the start of the season on Tuesday once morest the Golden State Warriors.
Precisely, the current NBA champions are the only ones who have lost in this preseason once morest the Lakers, who have added two very tough defeats once morest the Kings (by 30 points and this one on Friday by 47), who were also defeated twice by the Minnesota Timberwolves and that they lost in their only game once morest the Phoenix Suns.
In the duel once morest the Kings, the Lakers did not have Anthony Davis while LeBron James he was the top scorer with 12 points in 20 minutes.
for the locals, De’Aaron Fox was the most outstanding with 19 points in 24 minutes.
After a disastrous last season in which they were even left out of the ‘play-in’, the purple and gold team has not transferred to the highly criticized Russell Westbrook and it has been reinforced for the new course with players like Patrick Beverleythe Mexican Juan Toscano-Anderson o Lonnie Walker.