“Not Talking About These Damn Losers”: Charles Barkley Takes Massive Pledge Amidst Los Angeles Lakers Defeat to Clippers
Los Angeles Clippers did a quadruple over the Lakers this season after a 132-111 victory. Los Angeles Lakers are now on a four-game losing streak. Reggie Jackson finished with a season-high 36 points, nine assists, and eight rebounds in the fourth quarter. Analyst on TNT, Charles Barkley is frustrated with the Lakers and recently took a pledge to not name the Lakers.
With a 132-111 victory against the Los Angeles Lakers on Thursday night, the Clippers completed a four-game season sweep of the Lakers. The Lakers have lost four consecutive and seven of their last eight games, falling a season-worst eight games below.500.
LeBron James scored 26 points and eight rebounds for the Lakers, who have lost four straight and seven of their last eight games (27-35). A proud club that started the season with championship expectations is suddenly two games ahead of 11th-place Portland, with no reason to believe its downward spiral will come to a halt any time soon. Charles Barkley recently took a pledge on live TV to not call the Lakers‘ name.
Charles Barkley pledged to not take Los Angeles Lakers name
“I’m not talking about the damn losers,” Barkley said. “The nitwits on TNT and ESPN, we talk about the losers all the time.”
Despite a heavy loss, the Lakers had some positives from the game. After spraining his ankle on Tuesday, Talen Horton-Tucker sat out. Before the game, he was named as a possible starter. Surprisingly, the Lakers started Dwight Howard with youngster Austin Reaves and Malik Monk in their 31st starting lineup of the season.
Wenyen Gabriel getting his first action with the Lakers to finish this one out and immediately hits his first three.
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Wenyen Gabriel made his Lakers debut with a late 3-pointer. He was signed by the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday.
The Lakers now host the Warriors on Sunday, which is another big game for them if they want to stay in the play-in spots. The Warriors are in top form and could hand the Lakers another defeat. It’ll be interesting to see how the Lakers bounce back from this.
