The Lakers are playing as well as they can — and it doesn't matter against the Thunder
After a Game 3 blowout at home, it's obvious L. A. isn't deep enough, young enough or talented enough.
Would Luka Dončić have made a difference for a team whose future is murky?
The Los Angeles Lakers have given the defending champion Oklahoma City Thunder their best effort, and it is not nearly good enough, as LeBron James and Co. now trail their Western Conference semifinals series, 3-0, following Saturday’s 131-108 defeat . “The MVP [Shai Gilgeous-Alexander] is 18 [points in Game 1], 22 [points in Game 2], 7-of-20 tonight, and they’ve kicked our ass three straight games,” candid Lakers coach JJ Redick told reporters following the loss.
“They’re an incredible basketball team. ” Credit Redick, for real. The coach has had his team ready to play.
For the second straight game the Lakers took a lead into halftime, and for a third straight game they were run out of the gym in the second half by a younger, more talented rotation. (And the Thunder do not even have Jalen Williams, their second-best player. ) Seriously, give James credit, too.
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