'I Try To Play Like That' – Lakers Forward on His Efficient Night Against the Grizzlies

Los Angeles Lakers forward Rui Hachimura played well against the Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday. Hachimura had a 19-point performance in the team’s 128-123 lead, helping LeBron James and Co. to snatch their third straight win.

The Japanese player shot 85.7% of his seven shots from the field during an effective night on the court . He shot 75% from outside the arc in four attempts and had an incredible performance from beyond the arc.



From the charity stripe, the team’s starting forward only had one miss and shot 80%. After the team’s win, Hachimura spoke about his efficient night shooting the basketball in front of reporters. “For me, it’s just, every game I try to play like that,” Hachimura said.

“The way they guard me, it’s just [allows] me to kind of get in a good rhythm. This game was very personal for us. We talked about it because we lost kind of bad last game.

I didn’t play but that was in my head today’s game going in, I was kind of thinking about, ‘Ok, I want to help this team to win.'” Through ten games this season, Hachimura has averaged 12.7 points, 6.

1 rebounds and 1.5 assists. The 6-foot-8 forward has been a reliable threat from deep this year, knocking down 50% of his shots.

Hachimura has his eyes set on the prize for the Lakers to win the NBA Cup The Lakers are the defending Emirates NBA Cup champions and are set to play their first game in the Group Stage on Friday, They’ll face the San Antonio Spurs to kick off their In-Season tournament and defend their title. Before the competition started for the team, Hachimura talked about his mindset to keep him focused and motivated to defend their title. “We just want the money.

I think that’s the one thing we kind of, last year, we were very motivated,” Hachimura said. “We have the big prize, we’re playing in Vegas. Vegas is like our homecourt basically.

There’s a lot of our Lakers fans. We always go there for preseason games and we always have a good time there.” “The season is 82 games.

All the way to All-Star is so long and then we kind of get sometimes bored. I think this tournament thing kind of motivates us to kind of get on a different level. Especially for us, to make it to the playoff and go to the championship.

. .it’s good that we kind of build our chemistry early on.

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com/08IHRNQze4 — LoJo Media (@LoJoMedia) November 14, 2024 Each player for the winning team will earn a cash prize of $500,000, which the Lakers won last season. This article first appeared on Hardwood Heroics and was syndicated with permission..