The Los Angeles Lakers closed out the 2016-17 NBA season Wednesday night with a loss to the Golden State Warriors, securing a 26-56 record for the year.
The season started and ended well, as the Lakers started 10-10 and finished 5-1, but it was not so good in between as the Lakers went 11-45 in their other games.
The horrid stretch in the middle of the season cost Jim Buss and Mitch Kupchak their jobs, as owner Jeanie Buss decided to replace them with Laker great Magic Johnson (president of basketball operations) and former agent Rob Pelinka (general manager).