The Los Angeles Lakers lost 127-113 to the Memphis Grizzlies on Friday night, dropping their fourth straight game of the season.
“I mean, we just suck right now,” said LeBron James, who finished the game with 32 points.
The Grizzlies shot 23-of-45 from 3, setting a new season-high at 51%.
The Lakers are now 3-10 since winning the In-Season Tournament title.
“It’s a small sample. Everyone is getting so cracked up about Vegas and keep bringing up Vegas. It was two games. We took care of that business. It was the in-season tournament, we played it, we won it. But that was literally just two games,” said James about the championship.
Darvin Ham took a longer-term view of the team’s recent struggles.
“I’m tired of people living and dying with every single game we play. It’s ludicrous, actually. It’s like, come on, man, this is a marathon. And we hit a tough stretch. It’s the same team. … We played some high-level games a little while ago, and we just got to get back to that,” said Ham.