The absence of James (non-COVID illness), Walker (left knee soreness) and Davis (right foot injury) left the team without its top three scorers against the Heat.
LOS ANGELES — Sometimes you have to look at the silver linings.Even the sunny-side-searching Lakers coach found himself taking a momentary pause, his eyes wide, when looking at his unavailable players on Wednesday night against the Miami Heat. LeBron James , Anthony Davis and Lonnie Walker IV left him without his top three scorers against a team that held the Lakers to 98 points a week ago.
“Just the common cold, is what it sounds like,” Ham said. “So we told him to shut it down. Stay at the house. Get fluids, get meds and try to get better.”
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