The Los Angeles Lakers are reeling a bit now, nearing the 18th straight game that Anthony Davis will miss while also nearing the 8th straight game that Austin Reaves and Lonnie Walker IV have joined him in street clothes on the bench.
They fared decently well early on in Davis’s absence, but now — whether it’s due to Reaves and Walker now being out, opponents simply improving, the team as a whole getting tired, or a combination of those factors — they’ve now lost 4 of their last 5 games.
The most recent game was a 116-111 loss against the Kings, a game that saw the Lakers holding a 14-point lead in the 1st quarter.