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Column: Lakers stuck in mediocre hell with no hope in sight after season-ending loss

Sigh, scream, here we go again, same Lakers ending, same Lakers failure, same two tiresome words.

What now?

For the 13th time in 14 seasons, the Lakers have fallen far short in their bid to pile on another NBA championship, and, man, is this getting old.

The latest quest ended Monday night with a 108-106 loss to the Denver Nuggets that cemented a four-games-to-one, first-round series defeat while resurrecting another version of the same old query.

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What next?

What can the Lakers do to change this sorry narrative?

The answer, frustratingly, is the same as it has been for the five years that the team has been run by the giant talents — and contracts — of LeBron James and Anthony Davis.