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48 hours out from Sunday's horrible loss to New Orleans at crypto.com Arena, things don't feel any better around the team. The Lakers didn't practice on Monday, and face a stiff upcoming schedule as the team slides in the standings and questions about whether they qualify for the play-in tournament are becoming as frequent as ones wondering where they might be seeded. It's a dark spot to be in, and feels fundamentally different than other low points the Lakers have faced this season...
The Lakers played arguably their worst game of the season - among many... could they play out of the play in?
Rock bottom is a relative term with the 2021-2022 Lakers, but at the very least, Sunday's blowout loss to the New Orleans Pelicans at the Crypt certainly could represent that spot. It was an incredibly listless effort, where the Lakers were inept offensively for the first half, then horrendous defensively after the break (44 points for the Pelicans in the third). New Orleans now moves into the 10th spot in the West, and the Lakers are flirting with falling out of the mini-tournament entirely...
The Kamenetzkys discuss a tough loss to the Clippers, and LeBron's postgame comments about the Lakers
Ooof. This one hurts. The Lakers, in a truly must-win situation, dropped a rough one against Clippers, as has been their wont all year. (105-102, for those keeping score. And the formula, as it were, felt mighty familiar. The Lakers fell behind big... only to dig themselves out of the hole... only to find themselves unable to close the deal in the final minutes...
So the first day of the rest of their lives starts today! Or at the least, the rest of the Lakers season. Thursday in El Segundo, Frank Vogel was honest about how high the Lakers could reasonably rise in the standings, and focused more on the level of play...
As the Lakers kick off the post-All Star section of the year, how high can they rise?
The Kamenetzkys talk with author Mike Sielski about the ways Kobe Bryant's upbringing influenced his career to come.
Kobe Bryant remains among the most fascinating and widely discussed athletes of the modern era. His storied career has been examined, re-examined, and re-examined yet again countless times, and that's not changing anytime soon...
The hosts from Locked On Lakers, Clippers, Timberwolves, Nuggets and Mavs break down their section of the Western Conference standings.