The Lakers fell to Dallas 88-86 on Wednesday night in Las Vegas on a put-back layup with 1.7 seconds left, dropping their record to 1-3 and relegating L.A. to a consolation game on Friday afternoon against Utah.
Julius Randle, who was terrific in his strictly-enforced 20-odd minute limit on the floor, wasn’t able to get a final shot off before the buzzer; Summer League coach Mark Madsen took the blame afterwards, saying it was a “bad play (call)” that wasn’t on Randle. The 20-year-old finished with 17 points on 6-of-11 shooting, plus four boards, an assist and a steal in by far his best of three games.