The Lakers never led in a loss to the Clippers, remaining inconsistent even with LeBron James back from a false-positive coronavirus test.
With LeBron James back in the lineup Friday after a false-positive coronavirus test had briefly put him into NBA protocols, the Lakers never led at any stage of their 119-115 loss to the Clippers, who were without Kawhi Leonard and Nicolas Batum and feared they’d become soft defensively following back-to-back ugly losses to New Orleans and Sacramento.
“I thought pretty much we were pretty much on time and on target with our defense, but sometimes, at the end of the day, better offense is gonna beat the best defense no matter what,” said James, who had 23 points, 11 rebounds and six assists in just over 36 minutes and was minus-5 defensively. “And we’ll do a better job of that the next time we play ‘em.”
The NBA increased the frequency of player testing after Thanksgiving, anticipating a spike in COVID transmission during the holiday season. James said he returned home Monday evening after being told he had tested positive. The NBA said Thursday that James had been placed in the protocols Tuesday after a series of tests produced conflicting results, one of them a positive result Monday. He was cleared after he took two PCR tests conducted more than 24 hours apart that were negative.
“The fact that I tested negative first and then my second test came back positive and usually when you have a positive, they will test you right away to make sure. There was not a follow-up test after my positive test. It was straight isolation and ‘You’ve been put into protocol.’ And that’s the part that kind of angered me.Luke Kennard, one game after being critical of his play, has 19 points off the bench and makes two key three-pointers late in 119-115 Clippers victory.
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