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As Lakers lurch toward season's end, opponents want to spend time with Kobe

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.