One expert feels that Anthony Davis, the great center for the Los Angeles Lakers, may have a deeper issue with head coach Darvin Ham as a result of his critical remarks regarding the coaching during the team’s crushing Game 2 loss to the Denver Nuggets.

ESPN’s Brian Windhorst discussed Davis’ remarks during Thursday’s First Take segment, stating that the big man believes Ham should be held responsible for the Lakers blowing a 20-point lead and dropping to a 0-2 deficit in their first-round playoff series.

At the 5:20 minute, Windhorst added, “You guys are dancing around your point, which is that Anthony Davis blamed Darvin Ham for this loss.” “He really did just that. With those remarks, he accomplished that rather plainly.”

Following the Nuggets’ point guard Jamal Murray’s game-winning jumper in Los Angeles’ Game 2 collapse, Davis stated, “We have stretches where we just do not know what we are doing on both ends of the floor.” Windhorst stated that this is an instance of what is happening within, despite the fact that Ham has been under fire from the outside this year for his inability to change during critical situations.

“Some of the strategic choices Darvin has made have drawn criticism from L.A. residents for a significant portion of this season, which truly aggravates Lakers supporters. The fact that he had two timeouts in his pocket when he stopped the game in which they wasted a 20-point lead in the second half drove them mad, Windhorst said. “Someone is going to point the finger at you after a loss like that, and Anthony Davis specifically pointed the blame at Darvin Ham. And that really amounts to making some very evident private tensions public.”

Ham disagreed with Davis’ remarks and stated that he thought the 31-year-old was expressing exasperation. But according to Windhorst, the Lakers do not look good when they back and forth in the media.

“This was two guys kind of throwing mud at each other, publicly, in a playoff series, and it is not a sign of a functioning and smooth-running organization,” he stated.

Windhorst went on to say that Ham is making every effort to address the weaknesses in the Los Angeles team. He guided the squad to the Western Conference Finals just a year prior. Even while it does not seem likely to happen this time, there seems to be a more serious issue that needs to be resolved right away.

“The Lakers are not a good defensive team, they are a worse defensive team than they were last year, and [Ham’s] scrambling to figure that out,” Windhorst stated. “But it is not good in the middle of the fight, which they are right now, where you have got a star player and a coach going back and forth with microphones, and that is exactly what we have got here.”