Despite it being their fifth straight loss, the Los Angeles Lakers played the defending NBA Champion Cleveland Cavaliers tough Sunday night, leading for most of the game.
They ultimately fell in the fourth quarter, but the team’s young core of players put one of their best games of the season together, led by D’Angelo Russell’s career-high 40 points.
The Lakers return to the court Tuesday night looking to build off that performance, as they host the Los Angeles Clippers.
Backcourt:
The Lakers and Clippers backcourts could not be more opposite as the Clippers boast a veteran experienced backcourt in Chris Paul and J.