With a three-game winning streak under their belts, the Los Angeles Lakers are heading out on a six-game road trip that will begin with a battle against the Milwaukee Bucks on Tuesday. The Bucks hold the second seed in the Eastern Conference and have been on a mini-roll since the All-Star break, and they’ll want revenge after the Lakers recently beat them without LeBron James.
Los Angeles may be without James again on Tuesday, as he’s listed as doubtful due to ankle soreness. Regardless, Anthony Davis wants his team to go undefeated on this upcoming trip that will take them into April (at 1:54).
“We just need to continue to play our style of basketball and focus on us and take it one game at a time.” Anthony Davis (36pts, 16reb) on the standings. pic.twitter.com/iU5MCxwj65
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“Six,” Davis said when asked how many wins he wants on this trip. “ We want to win every game. I think on this trip, we beat everybody… So we know we’re capable, but it’s the road. It’s going to be tough, but we got the capability of winning each game. We got to approach it that way.”
L.A. has virtually no shot at finishing sixth in the Western Conference (it is in ninth place and is three games behind the sixth-seeded Sacramento Kings). But it needs to be playing its best basketball heading into the play-in tournament if it is to have a great shot at making the playoffs and going on a deep run there.