January 21 News Today, the Lakers beat the Grizzlies 122-121 at home.
After the game, Lakers guard Dennis Schroder was interviewed on the sidelines.
Speaking of his final steal lore, Schroeder said: “I just completed a round on the ball holder. The coach said, we should double-team first, and I went to cut the ball hard. The ball fell, and I went to the ball.
Going to the basket.”
Talking about his thoughts when Brandon Clark made the free throw at the end, Schroeder said: “We just won a win. We hope he misses one, and he does miss it. Finally. Our focus
Just staying in the game, hitting the free throws, putting in the defense, and that got us a win.”
“It’s a team game and everyone has to come in and do their job. We know LeBron (James), Russ (Russell Westbrook) and when AD (Anthony Davis) comes back
In the end, the three of them were smugglers. But everyone has to contribute, and that’s what we did tonight,” Schroeder said.
In this game, Schroeder played 33 minutes and scored 19 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists on 4 of 11 shots.