{"id":202018,"date":"2021-12-22T05:31:38","date_gmt":"2021-12-22T05:31:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/news\/lebron-james-and-russell-westbrook-get-little-help-in-lakers-blowout-loss-to-suns"},"modified":"2021-12-22T05:31:38","modified_gmt":"2021-12-22T05:31:38","slug":"lebron-james-and-russell-westbrook-get-little-help-in-lakers-blowout-loss-to-suns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/news\/lebron-james-and-russell-westbrook-get-little-help-in-lakers-blowout-loss-to-suns","title":{"rendered":"LeBron James and Russell Westbrook get little help in Lakers&#8217; blowout loss to Suns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A mask covered Phoenix coach Monty Williams &#8217; mouth, meaning you couldn&#8217;t see his jaw drop when he heard the question. But his eyes? They opened wide like a perfectly spaced court. Minutes earlier, Lakers fill-in coach David Fizdale talked about how the Suns have become one of the NBA&#8217;s best teams by balancing star power with offensive balance &#8212; a team with guys who can get 50 points but are even more lethal when a handful score 20. How, then, have the Suns pulled off what the Lakers have tried so hard to figure out early this season &#8212; getting players with clout like Chris Paul and Devin Booker and up-and-coming reputations like Deandre Ayton and Mikal Bridges to function as one? &#8220;That&#8217;s not something I&#8217;ve ever even thought about. I can&#8217;t even answer that,&#8221; Williams said sounding a little stumped. &#8220;&#8230; I know who they are. I value them on a different level, not on their stardom. I<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Talent Horton-Tucker and Isaiah Thomas struggle as LeBron James battles through an injury scare in the Lakers&#8217; 108-90 loss to the Phoenix Suns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[257,256,58],"class_list":["post-202018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-basketball","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202018","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=202018"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202018\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}