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Lakers Nation > Blog > Lakers News > Brandon Ingram Wants Lakers To Sustain ‘Same Fight’ They Showed On Christmas Day Against Warriors Without LeBron James
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Brandon Ingram Wants Lakers To Sustain ‘Same Fight’ They Showed On Christmas Day Against Warriors Without LeBron James

Ron Gutterman
Published: 12/27/2018
3 Min Read
Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports
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The Los Angeles Lakers put up their best performance of the season in a 127-101 thrashing of the Golden State Warriors on Christmas Day. However, in the third quarter of the blowout win, they lost LeBron James to an injury that would later be diagnosed as a strained groin.

Although the injury isn’t considered serious, James is expected to miss some time. Thus far, he’s been ruled out for Thursday’s game against the Sacramento Kings.

Furthermore, the Lakers will also be without Rajon Rondo for the first of a back-to-back as he sustained a sprained right ring finger on Christmas. The likes of Lonzo Ball and Brandon Ingram figure to be relied upon more heavily in the absences of James and Rondo.

Ingram, who spent his first two seasons as a leader for the team, may have to reassume that role should James miss more than just a couple games. On a positive note, he seems to know exactly how the Lakers will find success without their superstar, via Spectrum SportsNet:

“I think it’s important for us to show that same fight every single night. See if we can do that quality gameplan every single night, put the effort and focus and fires out that we need to every single night.”

The Lakers will need to figure out a gameplan without James even if he does miss only a couple games, as the next few on their schedule are far from easy matchups. After facing the Kings on the road, the Lakers draw the Clippers and Kings a second time to close out the year.

A turn of the calendar to January calls for the Oklahoma City Thunder to visit Staples Center on Wednesday. Their schedule eases up significantly after that, but if the Lakers were to somehow go 0-4 in the upcoming stretch, it could drop them out of the playoff picture.

The Lakers currently sit in fourth place in the Western Conference standings and are just 2.5 games back of first place. However, they’re only two games ahead of the ninth-place San Antonio Spurs.

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ByRon Gutterman
Ron Gutterman is a Washington State University alum from Anaheim, California, and is currently a Staff Writer for LakersNation.com, RamsNewsWire.com, and RaidersNewsWire.com. He is also the lead editor for AngelsNation.com. With Lakers Nation, Rams News Wire, Raiders News Wire, and Angels Nation, Ron assists in news, game coverage, analysis, and hot takes via his Twitter account, @rongutterman24. Without a doubt, Ron's favorite Laker, and favorite athlete of all time, is Kobe Bryant. Ron began watching basketball when he was 6 years old, in 2005, when Bryant was dragging the likes of Smush Parker and Ronny Turiaf to playoff spots. Ron's all time favorite Lakers moment was Bryant's final game when he dropped 60 points. While the Lakers beating the Celtics in Game 7 of the NBA Finals, as Metta World Peace hit the game clinching three, will always be a top option, Bryant's final night takes the cake. Contact: ron@mediumlargela.com
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