Luke Walton was far from pleased with his team’s defensive performance, calling it “as bad as it’s been all season.”
Indeed, the Lakers allowed the NBA’s last-place team to play like All-Stars, falling in Orlando, 127-105.
“We weren’t committed to guarding anyone tonight,” Walton said.
Normally a strong defensive team (ranked 11th in the league), the Lakers showed little of their trademark effort against an Orlando squad missing two of its best scorers: Aaron Gordon and Nikola Vucevic.
The Lakers (19-31) trailed by seven at the half, but were victims to an offensive avalanche in the following period.