CHICAGO -- The bar to clear for anything to register as truly shocking for this season's Los Angeles Lakers is pretty high after their Luka Doncic trade stunned the basketball world last month, but the buzzer-beating results of back-to-back games in the last 48 hours certainly would qualify.
A day after LeBron James was L.A.'s hero with a tip-in to beat the Indiana Pacers as time expired, he was part of the Lakers' unraveling in a 119-117 loss to the Chicago Bulls on Thursday night that Josh Giddey won with a 47-foot 3-pointer from beyond halfcourt.