Thankfully, mercifully, and please feel free to use any other adverb that applies, the Lakers are finally stumbling into the last turn of their 2015-16 abyss.
They'll have to finish 6-2 to tie last season's ugly 21-victory total, and if you think a team that's won 20% of the time can suddenly win 75% of its remainders, you're the most optimistic optimist in optimism history.
Almost everybody was speechless Monday after the Lakers matched their largest loss ever, a 123-75 point debacle in Utah.
How to describe it?
"You can't. It's embarrassing," power forward Julius Randle said after getting two points and a rebound in 24 minutes.