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The Los Angeles Lakers are close to hitting rock bottom, and LeBron James looks fed up.
On Monday night, the Lakers got blown out badly by the Houston Rockets 135-119.
Final: Rockets 135, Lakers 119
LA drops to 24-24 and 1-1 on their six-game Grammy road trip. They made things interesting in the fourth but never got closer than within 10 points. Anthony Davis, LeBron James and D'Angelo Russell each had 23 points.
Up next: at Atlanta tomorrow.
— Jovan Buha (@jovanbuha) January 30, 2024
During the game, fans noticed LeBron gave head coach Darvin Ham the death stare while the team was down big in the fourth quarter.
A coach has never been more fired than Darvin Ham pic.twitter.com/DIINZRRUX9
— Gifdsports (@gifdsports) January 30, 2024
It's over for Darvin Ham 💀 pic.twitter.com/0eWqwTSJYk
— Basketball Forever (@bballforever_) January 30, 2024
Despite the tension between Ham and Lakers players, team owner Jeanie Buss has already backed her coach in private according to reports.
Via The Athletic
While Ham has issues to resolve both in his locker room and elsewhere within Laker Land, he has the continued support of owner Jeanie Buss.
Unlike the Vogel situation, where Buss was known to believe the former coach was largely to blame for the failed integration of Russell Westbrook and ultimately greenlighted his April 2022 firing as a result, all signs point to the Lakers’ most important decision-maker standing by the coach, who is in the second year of a four-year deal.
If the Lakers keep losing to a team like the Rockets, Buss might not be able to save Ham if she wants to keep LeBron around.