One night after a game head coach Frank Vogel called “definitely the heaviest game I’ve been a part of,” the Los Angeles Lakers couldn’t have looked lighter. The team started out the night with a 44-22 demolition of the Sacramento Kings in the first quarter, and despite a few third-quarter hiccups, they were able to coast their way out of the state capital with a 129-113 win.
There were a few tributes to Bryant from the Kings, but aside from that, the thing that really stuck out about this game was just how normal it all felt.