Fox News Flash top sports headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. The Los Angeles Lakers were crowned the first In-Season Tournament (IST) champions just under a month ago.
Since defeating the Indiana Pacers in Las Vegas to win the tournament, the Lakers have gone 3-10 and have now lost four straight games after Friday night’s loss to the Memphis Grizzlies.
LeBron James, #23 of the Los Angeles Lakers, looks on during the game on January 5, 2024, at Crypto.Com Arena in Los Angeles, California. (Andrew D.
Bernstein/NBAE via Getty Images) A down LeBron James spoke to the media at his locker following the game and offered a blunt assessment of his team’s play. NUGGETS' NIKOLA JOKIC HITS WILD BUZZER-BEATING BANKED 3 TO STUN WARRIORS "I’m not thinking that far in the past, to be honest," James said when asked whether the Lakers’ issues presented themselves before their current stretch of games. "We just suck right now." James put the IST victory, which the Lakers celebrated by hanging a banner at their home arena, in perspective. "It was two games though.