The Los Angeles Lakers fell to the Los Angeles Clippers Saturday afternoon, 115-104. It looked like the game was over five minutes into the contest when the Clippers led 17-0. At that point, with nothing to lose, the coaches substituted Thomas Robinson for Julius Randle who triggered a quick turnaround that made a game of it. At halftime, the Lakers were down by only five points.
Unfortunately, the team started the third quarter as it began the game and thus the deficit was 21 points at the end of the third period. If most of the Lakers starters looked like they already checked out for summer vacation, someone forgot to tell the second unit as they fought and clawed all game to keep it competitive.