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Let's begin with the glass half full, shall we? The Lakers' 113-107 loss to the Heat in Miami featured a second half comeback cutting a lead once as big as 26 down to four, indicative of their unwillingness to fold up the tents and quit against a team outplaying them in every facet. However much you think that push was the Heat having pulled their starters and taking their foot off the gas, rather than the Lakers actually playing better, can be debated...
For 24 minutes on Friday, it looked like the Lakers might distract from the chaos of the last few days by losing to the Orlando Magic (who have won twice this year at home... twice) and getting Frank Vogel fired. After a listless first half, though, the Lakers bounced back with a dominant final two quarters, and walked away with an easy win...
The Lakers played a strong second half Friday to beat the Magic, and (for now) seem to have resolved "Benchgate"
With drama swirling around Frank Vogel, Russell Westbrook and the team's future, the Lakers head out on the road
If Wednesday's happenings against the Pacers at the Crypt weren't enough for you -- a big, embarrassing loss for the Lakers to a slumping Indiana team with Russell Westbrook being benched in the fourth quarter and Frank Vogel explaining why with a pretty undiplomatic single sentence followed by a report after the game from Yahoo!'s Chris Haynes that Vogel's job was safe at least for one more game -- the drama only heightened later in the evening...
What. A. Mess. In one of the strangest games of the season (not a low bar to clear, by the way), the Lakers fell to a badly slumping Indiana Pacers squad, 111-104 at crypto.com Arena. With Frank Vogel's job security dominating the headlines, it felt a times like Vogel was coaching to prove a point to the front office as much as win the game, and that includes benching Russell Westbrook down the stretch of the fourth quarter...
Things are coming to a boil in LA. Following a strong win vs. Utah, the Lakers fall apart against a sub-.500 Pacers team
Frank Vogel may have rescued his job with Monday's win over Utah... at least for a game or two.
On Tuesday's show, we noted how Monday's win over Utah was arguably the most impressive of the season for the Lakers. For Frank Vogel, it might have been the most important, too. Tuesday, multiple basketball insiders reported that the Lakers were on the verge of firing their head coach, if the Lakers would have been blown out by the Jazz in similar fashion to their previous three games. Instead, he is reportedly being evaluated "game to game...
Picking the best win of the season for the Lakers is a much simpler exercise than choosing the worst loss, only because there are so few options. So definitionally, Monday's 101-95 win over the Utah Jazz, who sport the league's offense (by a mile) and an upper crust point differential, is a candidate. But while the team and coaches were quick to point out there are no "turning point" games at this point, it doesn't mean the win wasn't significant...