LeBron James, Lakers Ripped By NBA Fans for Loss to 76ers with Embiid, George Out | News, Scores, Highlights, Stats, and Rumors
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The Los Angeles Lakers have been playing some of their best basketball of the season recently, but that wasn’t the case on Tuesday.
Despite being without stars Joel Embiid and Paul George, the Philadelphia 76ers trounced the Lakers 118-104 behind a big night from Tyrese Maxey. Embiid missed Tuesday’s game due to his lingering knee injury while George was out because of a finger injury he suffered on Saturday.
Maxey, who is having a career year, put up 43 points in the dominant win. He’s now recorded 11 games with 28 or more points.
The Lakers were without a star of their own for much of the game, as Anthony Davis played just 10 minutes before exiting with an abdominal strain. With no Davis, LeBron James did his best to carry Los Angeles to a win with 31 points, nine assists and eight rebounds, but it was far from enough to get the job done.
After the loss, fans ripped the Lakers for failing to take care of Philadelphia with its stars out.
Jory Dreher @JDreherLN
The <a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/Lakers?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>#Lakers</a> beat the <a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/Celtics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>#Celtics</a> at full strength by 21 points just 5 days ago. <br><br>What’s happening tonight against the <a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/76ers?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>#76ers</a> without Paul George and Joel Embiid is an excusable and on the players. Not the front office. <br><br>Until THEY begin taking accountability, it’ll be the same
Coming into the game, the Lakers had won six of their last seven games and beat the Boston Celtics and Golden State Warriors during that stretch. They looked far from the same team in Tuesday’s loss, and a big part of that was Davis’ absence.
While the severity of Davis’ injury is unknown at this point, Los Angeles can only hope he doesn’t miss an extended period.
Even with the loss, the Lakers are in a good position, sitting in fifth place in the West at 26-19 thanks to the recent hot streak.
