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 Russell Westbrook in doubt, who left the game 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.
Los Angeles coach Darvin Ham assured after the matchup against the Kings that Westbrook's discomfort doesn't appear to be anything serious but said he will undergo further tests on Saturday.
Westbrook's hesitation to start the season is compounded by a finger injury to Dennis Schroder, who is also at risk of missing the start of the season on Tuesday against the Golden State Warriors.
Precisely, the current NBA champions are the only ones who have lost in this preseason against the Lakers, who have added two very tough defeats against 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 against the Phoenix Suns.
In the duel against the Kings, the Lakers did not have Anthony Davis while LeBron James 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 the highly criticized Rusell Westbrook and has been reinforced for the new course with players like Patrick Beverley, the Mexican Juan Toscano-Anderson or Lonnie Walker.
