Lakes suffered a difficult loss on Friday night in game 3 of his first round series with Timberwells, out of a 13–1 margin to shut down the game with a 116–104 score.
After the game, one of the players who find the blame was starting Jackson Hayes, which has not been a factor in the series at this point. Hayes played nine minutes, and logged in three matches only 26 minutes. He has shot 2 -for -6 from the floor, and has scored just four points with five rebounds and a blocked shot.
Hayes had an irregular weather with Laks, but became a very essential item on a roster, which was a size reduction in size after Anthony Davis trading for Maveryx for Star Guard Luca Donic. Lakes has made Hayes its initial center in 35 games, and Have become 26-9 In those games.
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But Hayes had no role in the series with Timberwells, and the team has been called to Bench. Coach JJ Radic is considering that option.
While Hesce has been taking the brunt of criticism for Hesce, the team’s problems go beyond that. When Star Forward Lebron James was asked about Hayes’ performance against Minnesota, he came to the rescue of the elder man.
"We all got better," James said, "Apparently, Jackson is not getting – I mean, he did not, he played eight minutes tonight. This is not enough to dissect, to see that we can get out of it. But we all need to be better. We got better rebounds, we had to perform better, we had to play with more force.
"When we are really, really good, Jacques has played very well for us and we still believe in it and hope that we can go to the rest of the series."
Hayes took an average of 7.9 points, 5.8 rebounds and 72.9% shooting in a regular session as a lady starter. He may lose that role in the playoffs, though. Lakes will play again in Game 4 in Minnesota on Sunday as they try to avoid 3–1 holes in the series.