With LeBron James, Anthony Davis and Russell Westbrook sidelined, the Lakers snap an eight-game losing streak by defeating the short-handed Thunder.
’ home finale, applauding and yelling and holding up hand-lettered signs professing their love for a team that didn’t always deserve that affection. It felt like old times, especially after the Lakers had brought out key figures from their Showtime era and other local basketball luminaries for a halftime celebration of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s upcoming 75th birthday.
A season-high eight players scored in double figures Friday as the Lakers pulled away in the second half for aover an Oklahoma City team that used only six men and, like the Lakers, has no play-in or playoff games on its schedule. In ending an eight-game losing streak they won at home for the first time since March 11, stopping a four-game home slide. All five starters hit double figures, the first time all five had scored 10 or more points in the same game since May 16, 2021, at New Orleans.
“There’s a lot of joy in basketball that really hasn’t been with us a lot of this year because of what we’re competing for and because of what we were falling short so often with, so just a good night for our group to enjoy the game and enjoy a ‘W.’” “I think in the summertime, I think we should all remember this and if we don’t like it we can do something about it. This summer we have an opportunity to get better at basketball as individuals and as a team. If you don’t like it, next year we’ll have an opportunity to do something about it. So I think a lot of us are pretty mad about it.That also sums up the Lakers’ season: not good. And it will be followed by some tough decisions.
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