LAS VEGAS — The fight was there to erase a mammoth deficit, but it was not quite enough to ever actually take the lead.
In a battle between LA teams set out in the desert, the Lakers rallied from a 22-point hole to tie the game late into the third quarter, yet the Clippers finished strong for a 93-87 victory.
LeBron James, Kyle Kuzma and Anthony Davis — who was officially traded to the Lakers that day — were among those sitting courtside as the summer Lakers fought back into it.
Playing their fifth game in six nights, L.