Stats tell a better story for Lakers as they end losing streak

Statistics don’t tell the entire story, but they did reveal a lot about the Lakers during their four-game losing streak.

And just as bad as those stats were during that rough spell, the numbers the Lakers put up in a 113-80 victory over the hapless Sacramento Kings on Friday night at Staples Center were equally telling.

The performance allowed the Lakers to break their losing streak in which all the stats went against them.

The Lakers shot 56.6% from the field against the Kings and had 27 assists.

“We got a lot of stuff at the basket, a lot of stuff in the lane,” Lakers Coach Phil Jackson said. “Assists are big indicators of how well the ball moves and how things go.”

Still, Jackson acknowledged it was hard to judge his team’s play against a Kings team that now has lost 12 of its last 13 games.

The Lakers didn’t score more than 100 points in any of the losses, and that’s not good for a team that is considered one of the NBA’s most efficient, one that averaged 108.2 points a game before Friday night, the second-most in the NBA.

The Lakers were ranked 10th in the NBA in field-goal percentage, making 46.2% of their shots. During the losing streak, the Lakers never hit that mark, shooting better than 45% just once. In a loss to the Pacers, the Lakers made only 38.6% of their shots.

The Lakers were ranked second in the NBA in three-point shooting, making 34.6% of their long-range shots. During the losing streak, the Lakers never shot over 32%.

“We didn’t shoot the ball very well and we didn’t move the ball very well,” Jackson said of his team’s play during the losing streak. “We had poor second halves and end-of-game situations too.”

The Lakers are also a team that uses the triangle offensive scheme. In that system, it’s about ball movement, body movement and spacing.

They lacked much of that when they were losing.

The Lakers are ranked seventh in the NBA in assists, handing out 23.05 a game. During the losses, they never reached their average, getting a high of 21 assists against the Pacers and a low of 14 in a loss to Utah.

In three of the losses, the Lakers’ opponent had more assists. In the other, both the Lakers and Memphis Grizzlies had 16 assists.

Kobe Bryant didn’t shot well during the losing streak, going 43 for 103 (41.7%) from the field. He also took a season-high 33 shots in the loss to the Pacers, making only 14.

“A lot of it is if Kobe is the early offense and he can’t make a play out of it and now he has to make a shot, then it takes away from a lot of our game,” Jackson said. “So it’s kind of like the Kobe system and the triangle system. The productivity has to be there for both of them if they are going to exist together, and that’s really important.”

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