Los Angeles Lakers: 4 Lessons from 76ers loss on Danny Green night

The Los Angeles Lakers’ busy NBA trade deadline day passed with no changes to the roster. They turned their focus to the Philadelphia 76ers as they welcomed back former Lakers’ players, Danny Green and Dwight Howard. Both were a factor in their own special way. The Lake Show fell short despite a furious comeback in the fourth quarter.

Lake Show Life breaks down what else happened in Lake Show Life Lessons! The only Los Angeles Lakers extended post-game report with in-depth analysis and highlights. 

What is it about the Philadelphia 76ers this year that brings so much heartbreak at crunch time this year? Earlier this season, the Los Angeles Lakers went on a furious 13-0 run to take the lead and snatch a victory out of the jaws of defeat in dramatic fashion and extend their road winning streak to eleven games.

Then Tobias Harris stole the dream away…

Fast forward to Thursday night and the Los Angeles Lakers were down 18 points going into the fourth quarter. After being outscored 35-17 in the third quarter, it looked like yet another blowout. Then Montrezl Harrell and Kyle Kuzma got hot and led a furious rally to cut the Philly’s lead to three points with about a minute left.

Then Danny Green, who was warned by his agent that there was a strong chance that he could be moved in a deal, did this…

Lakers Nation witnessed the return of Marc Gasol to the lineup on a minutes restriction. Even though by his standards things went better than expected, the Los Angeles Lakers fell to the Philadelphia 76ers 109-101 for their fourth straight loss without LeBron James and Anthony Davis.

This Lake Show Life Lessons series has never been about wins and losses. It’s about showing ways of improvement throughout the roster no matter who plays. The analysis of effort and execution is the essence of these articles. Although the Lakers lost this game, they showed much more fight in this game than the Pelicans blowout that warranted a pre game shootaround by Frank Vogel. This team has vowed to compete every game forward according to Frank Vogel and Montrezl Harrell via ESPN.

Montrezl Harrell:

"“We’re not trying to just hold on,” Harrell said. “We’re trying to compete, play the right way and win some basketball games. We’re in a tough patch right now. We’ve lost a couple of games, but we’re not going to stop, and we’re going to fight.”"

Frank Vogel:

"“Each of the last three or four games, we’ve had one really bad quarter,” Lakers coach Frank Vogel said. “We need to prevent that and play a 48-minute night. We’re just having a stretch where we make some poor decisions and miss some assignments on the defensive end.”"

There was evidence in this game that this is not lip service.

• The offense was much more fluid in the first half with Marc Gasol making plays from the center position.
• The effort to muddy up the game worked in the first half as Ben Simmons was wildly inefficient with his play and Dwight Howard’s ejection (Much more on that later!).
• The defense was stifling at times in the second and fourth quarters. In the second frame, the Lakers held Philadelphia without a field goal for almost five minutes. When the Lakers made their fourth quarter comeback, they forced nine Philly turnovers.  

Unfortunately for the Lakers, they are starting to go in the wrong direction in the Western Conference standings. Going into the matchup against Cleveland, Los Angeles holds a 1.5 game lead over the Denver Nuggets and the Portland Trail Blazers.

To the new Los Angeles Lakers fans that are checking us out for the first time, welcome to Lake Show Life Lessons. Our extended post-game report with video analysis will cover the progress for the Los Angeles Lakers the entire season!

Over the next several pages we will provide highlights of certain players and coaches. Afterward, the comment section is loaded with knowledgeable fans adding their basketball knowledge. We usually start with the stars.

Let’s get to Lesson One to find out who!