LeBron helps Lakers dissect opening-night loss

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. -- When the Los Angeles Lakers reviewed the portion of their disappointing 119-109 opening-night loss to the Golden State Warriors, manager JJ Redick said determination was an important dependable successful the country arsenic they sifted done the wreckage: LeBron James.

"LeBron was truly helpful," Redick said aft signifier Wednesday.

James, dressed successful a suit and glasses, appeared stoic successful his padded spot astatine the extremity of the seat Tuesday arsenic helium missed his archetypal regular-season opener of his 23-year vocation due to the fact that of sciatica affecting his little backmost and close leg.

While James won't beryllium re-evaluated for different 1 to 2 weeks and sources told ESPN's Shams Charania helium isn't expected to marque his play debut until mid-November, helium was progressive successful the movie league erstwhile the coaching unit pointed retired however L.A. allowed Stephen Curry and Buddy Hield to sprout excessively galore unfastened 3s.

"We did a mediocre occupation of locating the lasers successful transition, which was a constituent of accent of our defense," Redick said. "Buddy Hield got 2 [3-pointers] disconnected successful the 2nd half. Steph got 1 close successful beforehand of our seat successful the archetypal half. That was virtually the 2nd precedence of the game, was locating those guys successful transition. So, cleanable that up and again speech done that. ... All of america benignant of talked astir that successful film."

Redick said helium encourages the sermon that the 40-year-old James tin disturbance for the team.

"I told them him asking questions, him giving his input, america having a back-and-forth is truthful healthy," Redick said. "I would similar to person dialog and back-and-forth and questions each azygous clip we bash movie and teach. You got a question, talk up. If you privation to marque a point, talk up. It was good."

Hield and Curry combining to sprout 8-for-19 from 3, portion the Lakers changeable 8-for-32 arsenic a team, was conscionable 1 of respective problems for L.A. successful the opener.

The Lakers besides were outscored 33-18 successful seat points, were outscored 35-25 successful the 3rd quarter, missed 11 escaped throws and committed 20 turnovers, starring to 22 points for the Warriors.

However, members of the squad said the movie reappraisal allowed for clear-eyed position arsenic the Lakers look to amended connected that archetypal showing erstwhile they big the Minnesota Timberwolves connected Friday.

"I deliberation determination were immoderate glaring things that we tin enactment on, which successful immoderate ways is encouraging," Lakers defender Gabe Vincent said. "You find things that extremity up being 12, 14 points, and it's like, 'Oh, if we tin cleanable that up, it's a antithetic conversation. That crippled looks a batch different.'"

Added Lakers guardant Jarred Vanderbilt: "It wasn't arsenic atrocious arsenic we thought it was. It's a mates things that we tin cleanable up connected that could easy alteration the mode the crippled went. And it's things that are controllable. ... So conscionable locking in, focusing connected those."

Another happening that doesn't look to beryllium arsenic atrocious arsenic it seemed is Luka Doncic's health.

The Lakers prima required much than an hr of attraction connected the wrong of his close limb aft appearing to propulsion his groin precocious successful the 4th fourth connected the mode to scoring 43 points successful 41 minutes against Golden State. But Redick did not dependable excessively acrophobic Wednesday.

"He seems to beryllium fine," Redick said. "I don't deliberation it's thing ...