The Lakers were so bad that the end of the season was the only thing that could halt the worst losing streak in franchise history.
In the final game of Magic Johnson coaching experiment, on April 24, 1994, Nick Van Exel scored 21 points, James Worthy finished with seven and a Lakers team in transition lost, 103-97, to the Utah Jazz at The Forum.
It was the sort of game that, concluding a losing season (33-49), gets lost to history. But that was the Lakers’ 10th straight loss, a losing streak that was never threatened for more than two decades.