Lakers Fall To Phoenix Suns, Move One Step Closer To Lottery Pick

After Friday night’s big loss to the Phoenix Suns, the Lakers are ready to put this whole season behind them.

What we saw against the Suns has to be one of the worst efforts at home we’ve seen from the Lakers in quite some time.

None of the starters, including D’Angelo Russell, scored double-digits, and the team only had ten points in the entire second quarter.

Is that really the way to represent an elite franchise?

Not at all, but that’s part of what the growing pains are going to cost.

Lou Williams went off for 30 points, three rebounds, and three assists, but even his efforts off the bench could not save the Lakers. His 30 points fell just short of out-scoring the entire starting lineup, who had only 31 points total in a disappointing showing.

Aside from Williams, Brandon Bass was the only player on the team to score in double figures, coming off the bench as well and dropping ten of his own.

Despite scoring just two points in 26 minutes on the floor, Julius Randle did have nine rebounds in a still-dismal effort on his end.

By halftime, the Lakers were already trailing by 15 points and there wasn’t much hope for them to come back after that.

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Scoring just 32 first half points, it’s a shocker that Los Angeles ended up with 90 on the scoreboard when it was all said and done.

Phoenix was able to pull away easily from the Lakers because of the slow start that Los Angeles was stuck trying to catch up with for most of the game — and given the way the Lakers have played all season long, they can’t dig themselves out of too many foxholes.

Brandon Knight and Devin Booker had the best scoring nights for the Suns, dropping 22 and 21, respectively.

P.J. Tucker and Tyson Chandler also helped out big with the scoring, combining for 25 points and 23 rebounds.

As the end of the season gets closer, the Lakers have really done themselves a good job of setting up for next year, should they end up with the top pick of the NBA Draft.

Duke’s Brandon Ingram and LSU’s Ben Simmons will probably top most draft boards, but what the Lakers would need from either of them is consistency — even if the actual contributions are minor.

Too many times this season we’ve seen Los Angeles depend on one, and mainly one, great performance while everyone else does small or insignificant parts, only leading to chaos.

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Either way, though, they want this over with just as much as we do.