Rui Hachimura and the Los Angeles Lakers returned to the court on Monday night after having their previous two games postponed due to the Southern California wildfires.
While it was a nice distraction to get back on the court and play the San Antonio Spurs, things went south quickly for the Lakers in the second half. The team was leading 84-74 late in the third quarter before being outscored 52-18 the rest of the game to suffer a blowout defeat.
The Lakers really struggled on the defensive end and Hachimura discussed what went wrong.
“Our defense was one to five.