The Los Angeles Lakers came into Saturday’s matchup with the Toronto Raptors looking to avenge one of their worst games of the regular season, a 113-104 loss at home to the Raptors. At least to begin the game, things did not go very well for the Lakers’ hopes of avoiding a repeat of their loss to Toronto.
The Lakers began the game with a nearly five-minute drought and a 13-0 deficit. The Lakers didn’t score until a short jump hook by JaVale McGee with 7:09 left in the first quarter. Luckily for L.A., they started to play some better defense and also stopped being so sloppy on the offensive end to close the quarter.
Nevertheless, it was a bad start for the Lakers on Saturday against the defending champs after playing such a good game against the Clippers. OG Anunoby had the hot hand to start things off for the Raptors, with seven points, while also playing some great defense against LeBron James.
The Lakers did a much better job in the second part of the first quarter to answer Toronto’s energy, but they still trailed 23-21 after the first quarter in large part thanks to their poor start.
