On Thursday night, the Lakers played their 62nd game of the season. They lost. It was the seventh time in eight games they’d been defeated. This loss wasn’t particularly close, but the one the other night was, but the one before that wasn’t, but the one before that was and... whatever.
When you lose this much, the details start to be less important.
So, focusing on how the Lakers lost isn’t so important to me. Bad basketball teams lose in a myriad of ways, just like good teams can win with a variety of strategies.