On Sunday, the Los Angeles Lakers seemed to be on their way to their first win of the new season, but they found a way to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.
Leading 102-95 with less than two minutes left, L.A. couldn’t get stops defensively, and it made a couple of questionable or bad decisions on the other end of the floor.
The fact that the Lakers lost yet again was bad enough, but the fact that they lost to the Portland Trail Blazers, a mediocre team that may not reach the play-in tournament, made the setback even worse.
Across Twitter, Lakers fans are pretty disgusted.
@espn @NBAonTNT I'm a Lakers fan and I think I speak for most people when I say we'd rather watch more Cavs and Pelican games. The Lakers play doesn't merit being on primetime TV with all due respect.
— NALYD (@_nalydd) October 24, 2022
Just trade Westbrick asap! Can’t stand his game anymore!
— 楊富先 (@wwe1234155) October 24, 2022
Even with Victor Wembanyama the Lakers will still not win the championship…smh
— Max Powers (@MaxPowers44) October 24, 2022
Lakers 0-82 challenge https://t.co/EqsWpSlakA
— Roop (@Roopypoopyy) October 24, 2022
What god do I have to pray to in order to get westbrick off the lakers?
— WCG | AJ (@WCG_AJ) October 24, 2022
Lakers don’t deserve another televised game until after the all star break
— Sheik Ace (@DCvalid) October 24, 2022
The #Lakers next few games looks like all L's 😪
— BMF (@BMF_MONEY) October 24, 2022
@Lakers Ok i’ve been trying not to ask but are y’all about to lose every game?? Let me know now.
— 👑 (@MsLaFitteTweets) October 24, 2022
@StinkinGenius1 Question of the week – Will the Lakers even make the play in game?
— NatureBoy (@eddiem0814) October 24, 2022
Westbrook wants out and doesn’t want to be there. He has to go if the Lakers want to be anything this year. They need to trade him for a shooter. https://t.co/tcxTMT2gyT
— Josh Newton (@Bagdad_Bobby) October 24, 2022
As @Lakers fans we should boycott games and not buy tickets until they trade Russ and put shooters around Bron and AD cus this is ridiculous…money talks @JeanieBuss
— H E N R Y (@yo_its_henry) October 24, 2022