Lakers player grades: L.A. loses big again to the Thunder
For the second time in five days, the Lakers got slammed by the defending NBA champion Thunder.
Five days after they were destroyed 139-96 by the Oklahoma City Thunder on the road, the Los Angeles Lakers hosted the Thunder at Crypto. com Arena. Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves suffered hamstring and oblique strains, respectively, during Thursday's game, and they were just two of several key players who were out of action on Tuesday.
LeBron James, Marcus Smart and Jaxson Hayes also didn't play for Los Angeles, making this game, to use a baseball term, essentially a bullpen game for the team. To paraphrase late great Lakers play-by-play man Chick Hearn, one could've called the outcome of this contest with braille before it even started. L.
A. actually managed to be fairly competitive for the first one and a half quarters of this contest. But after it tied the game at 42 with 7:26 left in the second quarter, the Thunder went on a 23-4 run and took a 65-47 lead at halftime.
From there, it was a rout, as the defending NBA champions prevailed by a final score of 123-87. The Lakers got outclassed in a number of categories. They allowed the Thunder to shoot 51.
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