MINNEAPOLIS — Anthony Davis grabbed the ball after it swished through the net and slammed his head against it in frustration.
The Lakers had been fighting, again without LeBron James who remained away from the team because of a sore foot. They traveled to Minnesota, a place where they had just played one of their worst offensive games in years, and it was happening again.
The ball wouldn’t fall, the Lakers couldn’t score and, to make matters worse, Davis had turned it over again — the ball simply squirting out of his hands leading to a Minnesota three.