The Los Angeles Lakers had games on both Saturday and Sunday of this past weekend as they started off the back-to-back on the road against the Utah Jazz and traveled back to STAPLES Center on Sunday night to take on the Houston Rockets. As has long been the theme for this season where the Lakers have the second-worst record in the NBA, things didn’t go well.
The Jazz absolutely throttled the Lakers on Saturday night from the opening tip to the final whistle in what was a largely embarrassing effort. For once, Byron Scott was correct in his assessment that his team didn’t show up and didn’t give the effort necessary to compete.