The Los Angeles Lakers stunned the NBA world in the most major ways on Sunday afternoon when they welcomed the Golden State Warriors to STAPLES Center and then sent them packing in emphatic fashion with a 17-point victory for the Lakers. It was a result that almost no one saw coming. In fact, if you ask rookie point guard D’Angelo Russell, even the Lakers didn’t see it coming.
Talking about the upset victory on Sunday against the Warriors after Monday’s practice, Russell said that he knew that he and the team had shocked a lot of people around the NBA by going out and grabbing a relatively dominant victory.