The Los Angeles Lakers again got off to a slow start, but on this night, playing against the team with the worst record in the NBA, they managed to flip the script for a 132-113 rout of the Atlanta Hawks.
The Lakers snapped their season-long nine-game losing streak and avoided becoming just the third team to lose a franchise-worst 10 consecutive games. Brandon Ingram and Brook Lopez were instrumental to L.A. overcoming their early deficit.
That momentum carried into the second quarter, which saw the Lakers expand their lead to 21 points. At one juncture they held a 28-0 advantage over the Hawks in fast-break points and outscored them in the paint, 22-10.