With his team bitten hard by the injury bug and the losses starting to mount, Los Angeles Lakers coach Mike D'Antoni lashed out at the team's restless fanbase.
UPDATED on Dec. 24 at 4:15 p.m. ET
With the Lakers' public relations team in full-on damage control mode, the coach backed away from his previous criticisms of the Purple and Gold nation, via Mike Bresnahan of the Los Angeles Times:
Are these simply hollow, reactionary words? Or did the coach really get caught up in the heat of the moment? Per Los Angeles Daily News' Mike Medina:
It seems as if D'Antoni is wisely asking fans to concentrate on the aspect he should have highlighted himself the first time around: sticking up for his guys and focusing on the positives. Via Dave McMenamin of ESPN:
We'll see how Lakers fans feel when they greet their coach for Wednesday's home tilt with the defending two-time champion Miami Heat.
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