Just 48 hours after losing a game of extreme importance against the New Orleans Pelicans, the Los Angeles Lakers got dismantled by the Dallas Mavericks, 128-110.
L.A. was without LeBron James, who sustained a sprained ankle on Sunday, but its lack of effort and fight on the defensive end was simply inexcusable.
With this loss, the Lakers are now tied with the San Antonio Spurs for the 10th-best record in the Western Conference, but the Spurs hold the tiebreaker, meaning that if the season ended today, L.A. would not even be in the play-in tournament.
Across Twitter, the NBA community continued to show utter dismay and disrespect towards a Lakers team that is rapidly plunging towards the bottom.
