The Los Angeles Lakers are the Dallas Cowboys of the NBA – everybody has feelings to share when they suffer a bad loss.
That happened again Monday night when the Lakers lost to the hapless Memphis Grizzlies, 110-105. It’s their second straight ugly loss on the road, as they lost to the Anthony Davis-less New Orleans Pelicans on Saturday.
But this loss to the Grizzlies is a killer. LeBron James, who one NBA exec said has killed the chemistry in LA, and Co. are 10th in the West and can’t lose games to the second worst team in the conference if they want to make the playoffs.
First off, here’s just how bad that loss is:
Here’s how LeBron had to say after loss. Part of this answer got a little taken out of context at first, so here’s his full answers to questions about distractions:
And here’s how fans and media reacted:
