LeBron 0-4 for first time since rookie season

DENVER -- With the Los Angeles Lakers' 0-4 commencement the archetypal clip his squad has mislaid 4 consecutive games to statesman a play since helium was a rookie astir 20 years ago, LeBron James vowed to tweak his idiosyncratic attack moving forward.

"I wasn't assertive capable successful a batch of my turnovers," James said aft committing 8 turnovers successful L.A.'s 110-99 nonaccomplishment to the Denver Nuggets connected Wednesday. "I was coming disconnected a batch of screens, looking to pass, get guys progressive and I wasn't assertive enough."

James, who finished with 19 points connected 8-for-21 shooting, 9 assists and 7 rebounds to spell with those turnovers, said the accommodation volition commencement successful the Lakers' adjacent game, Friday connected the roadworthy against the Minnesota Timberwolves.

"That's an casual hole for me," James said. "I'll beryllium overmuch amended connected Friday with that. I've done it implicit and implicit the people of my career. That's an casual fix. I'm not disquieted astir that."

There are plentifulness of different issues for the Lakers to hole astatine the moment. They changeable 8-for-30 from 3 (26.7%), continuing the worst 3-point shooting commencement by immoderate squad successful league past with astatine slightest 100 attempts done 4 games, according to probe by ESPN Stats & Information.

"Well, I deliberation we were shooting 20%, and contiguous we changeable 26%," Lakers defender Patrick Beverley said, without a hint of irony. "So we got better."

L.A. was outrebounded 54-47 against Denver. It was astir doubled successful fastbreak scoring, 35-18. And it was controlled successful second-chance points, 15-8.

The Lakers besides played their archetypal crippled of the play without constituent defender Russell Westbrook, who sat due to the fact that of near hamstring soreness. Lakers manager Darvin Ham did not regularisation retired the Wolves crippled for Westbrook's return, though James cautioned against a hasty comeback.

"Russ, decidedly dealing with a hamstring," James said. "I played with [Dwyane] Wade. And I don't cognize how, but you conscionable person to beryllium chill with each that. You can't unit it until that happening is acceptable to go. You've got to beryllium precise conscious of that."

On the agleam side, Anthony Davis (22 points, 14 rebounds) played done discomfort successful his little backmost and said he'll "be fine" going forward. The Lakers could usage that.

"We're 4 games in, it sucks to lose, but having 78 games left, there's plentifulness of clip for america to close the vessel and it starts now," Ham said. "It starts yesterday."