The injury bug hasn’t been kind to the Los Angeles Lakers, costing them a number of wins as the likes of LeBron James, Kyle Kuzma, JaVale McGee and Rajon Rondo have all missed multiple games.
Losing James, in particular, has been a crippling blow as the team has won just two games in seven since seeing their star go down to a groin injury. Perhaps even more concerning, however, was the lack of urgency that the banged-up Lakers have played with recently.
Despite being severely undermanned, the team is still expected to compete and play with tenacity, but recent losses to the Minnesota Timberwolves and New York Knicks have revealed apathy instead.