Game 52: Los Angeles Lakers (17-34) @ Washington Wizards (28-20) - 7:00 PM ET

[DEEP3CL]

Lmao...Wall trying to mad dog Lake bench...b*tch just learned how to shoot.

[tugs]

There they go again jacking up 3s instead of quick baskets. Surprised DLo didn't throw that open lob.

[BEazy]

Good tank win I guess...

[NoseBleedLakers]

Ah well. Moral victory. Good fuel for the tank.

I just hope Isaiah Thomas doesn't go off on these guys tomorrow.

[The Skyhook]

The effort was there in the second half. All the turnovers in the first half killed us. We probably could have walked out with a W tonight if Wall didn't go off in the 4th

[tugs]

Wall-Beal combo really makes me wonder if JC should be PG and Russ as SG, but a better passer.

[tugs]

Fun fact: Lakers are tied with Boston for franchise total games won.

[DEEP3CL]

We compete but TO's kill us every game. We come back but can't get stops at key moments.

We don't trust the offensive rhythm all the time and we show flashes of solid defense but can sustain consistency.

But its about growth...we're getting there slowly

[Goudelock]

Fun fact: Lakers are tied with Boston for franchise total games won.

I don't consider this to be a very fun fact at all.

[iamworthy]

Russell with 7 TO's.....ewwww.

[Princeinrevolt]

Russell with 7 TO's.....ewwww.

it happens sometimes... this is his first game getting more than three turnovers in his last 15 games... Wizards defense is great...


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[dockingsched]

Russell with 7 TO's.....ewwww.

it happens sometimes... this is his first game getting more than three turnovers in his last 15 games... Wizards defense is great...


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He still had the best ast/TO ratio on the team, one of just two players to even have more assists to TO's. Kind of sad lol. Tough day all around as far as box score stats are concerned.

[Slava]

Probably not a coincidence that Russell's assist volume has gone up in Randle's absence. He's the primary and only ballhandlwr out there and it's doing good to his rhythm.

I think he'll get there soon.

[Ballerhogger]

Missed the game saw the box score . Our 2nd quater killed it us it seems. 15 to 27. Russell had 11 ast BUT he had 7 TO. So not happy about that end result but its better. Clarkson played well it looks like. Lou had off night (shouldn't expect a bench scorer to be hott every night) I know .....

[LakersSoul]

Good game. We lost it in the 2nd quarter a bit but then regained ourselves to make a serious run at the Wizards. They are the hottest team at home with a 16 game winning streak and the Lakers were able to give them a test. Good to see. We lost but the team got that much better today.

Hope we have something left for Thomas and the Celts tomorrow.

[tugs]

In Russell's defense, he was trying to involve everyone, to a fault though. He had open looks but decided to dish out or hand off to an unsuspecting teammate. He still does those low bounce passes to knees though.

I see Randle struggling now that Russell is doing a lot of facilitating. He better just focus on defense and rebounds now.

[Michael Lucky]

I didn't get a chance to watch the game. Was there a reason for Zubac getting such little playing time this game?

[Danny Darko]

I didn't get a chance to watch the game. Was there a reason for Zubac getting such little playing time this game?

The polish hammer seemed to have his number this game. He was getting burned.

[Landsberger]

I was at this game....being from the area. A sloppy game at times and it showed the difference in guards on both ends. I was across the floor from the Lakers bench and watched the huddle on every stoppage. I'm not seeing a ton of involvement by any of our youngsters or even the assistant coaches. It looked like there was a level of disinterest just before the half in fact. Down the stretch there was more involvement by Clarkston, Black and Williams but everyone else was just listening. Long story short....no demonstrative leader in the huddles other than Luke.

Fun game to watch at times, sloppy at times and it showed how far we have to go at times.