For the second consecutive road game, the Los Angeles Lakers played tough Sunday night but were not able to pull through in the fourth quarter and fell 113-96 to the Oklahoma City Thunder putting them at 1-2 on the season.
With just under five minutes remaining in the contest Nick Young hit a three-pointer to put the Lakers within four at 95-91, but from there the Lakers were outscored 18-5.
As a whole the Lakers were outscored 36-25 in the fourth quarter, ultimately leading to defeat.
After the game power forward Julius Randle claimed fatigue might have been a factor into why the Thunder were able to pull away from the Lakers in the fourth quarter, via Mark Medina of the OC Register:
“I don’t know if we got tired or what it was,” Randle said.