Once again, the Los Angeles Lakers found themselves in a close game down the stretch. This time, though it wasn’t against a playoff team they’d been neck-and-neck with all game. Wednesday night against the Dallas Mavericks, their late-game struggles very nearly cost them a win despite having lead comfortably from the very beginning of the game.
As LeBron James walked off the court, he spoke to Mike Trudell of Spectrum Sportsnet about the team’s continued late collapses.
“We took our foot off the gas and allowed them to get back into it.