Game 25: Los Angeles Lakers (15-9) @ San Antonio Spurs (11-14) - LOSS - 15-10

[Landsberger]

I'll scan through it tomorrow but the box score shows me I might not want to stop for long on the 4th quarter. a -23!.... yikes!

[Beethoven]

This game was lame

[Spanish_Laker]

I can't believe we lost the season series 3-1 to these bums, we can't afford these kind of Ls vs mediocre teams if we want to make the playoffs as a 3-6 seed. Period. No more bull like this again, especially that 4Q.

[Showtime:Part2]

I’ve been pretty critical of some of our losses but this gets a pass imo. We are missing Ingram and rondo and the refs REALLY had it out for us this game. They single handedly swung the momentum in the spurs favor. Also I’ve noticed a lot that Lebron gets the shaq treatment from refs. He gets mauled and they just swallow their whistle. Ridic

[bb22]

I’ve been pretty critical of some of our losses but this gets a pass imo. We are missing Ingram and rondo and the refs REALLY had it out for us this game. They single handedly swung the momentum in the spurs favor. Also I’ve noticed a lot that Lebron gets the shaq treatment from refs. He gets mauled and they just swallow their whistle. Ridic

It was a nice example of amateur regular season refereeing. Reacting to the home crowd and giving a guy like Derozan 18 FTs.
Once again I gotta bring how much scheduling and luck factor into results. Spurs did hit some big shots that they won’t replicate all season, but they had the luxury of facing a short-handed Lakers team IN ALL 4 GAMES in this young season. Their first matchup was the first game after the Houston scuffle, and everything has gone in their favor since. Hopefully luck and scheduling will favor the Lakers at some point, and they’ll steal a couple games that they should theoretically lose.

[Landsberger]

After watching it on DVR the biggest issue I saw was the perimeter defense. Ball/Hart are better at guarding physical guards... Pop put them in the mixmaster all game. The rebounding was a little weak as well. Not sure you can chalk this one up to missing Ingram.... we scored just fine. They hit shots and we faded down the stretch. The fouls were a little ticky-tac but It wasn't the key reason we lost. Some "interesting" lineups again and they played to our weakness well.