Los Angeles Lakers continue to get dominated by the Clippers

The Los Angeles Lakers opened up their second half of the season trying to do something they haven’t done in a while. That task was to beat the Los Angeles Clippers, who have now beaten the Lakers in six straight games.

The Clippers rolled out to a 16-point lead in the first half, but the Lakers went on a 22 point explosion starting in the second quarter to make things interesting. But a slow start in the final quarter allowed the Clippers to make things close and it was Deja vu all over again with a game going down to the final seconds.

Like how in the world can this game match the last 30 seconds of the previous game?

Hey! They came close everyone. The last 24.5 seconds felt like 2 hours and 45 minutes.

Frank Vogel again did Frank Vogel things calling timeout at a bad time to hurt the Lakers’ chances. Let’s break it down…

• LeBron James tries to save the ball from going out of bounds.
• He tries to throw the ball to Russell Westbrook, but it is deflected by Robert Covington hitting out of bounds.
• The referees (Boy their post-game report is going to be classic!) called the ball out on Covington.
• Instead of inbounding the ball quickly, Frank Vogel calls timeout to give the Clippers the chance to challenge.
• The referees overturn the call. 

Despite Reggie Jackson doing his absolute best to give the game away for the Clippers, the Los Angeles Lakers lose 105-102. After 15 minutes of bad basketball, this game was exciting to watch. It’s just the Clippers (Not named Reggie Jackson!) just executed their offense a little bit better in the fourth quarter.

Two mini runs by the Clippers did the Lakers in.

The good from the Los Angeles Lakers’ loss:

Let’s see here, Dwight Howard was put in the starting lineup and he delivered…just like a certain Los Angeles Lakers website thought!

The one thing about the Lake Show Life website is that the staff tells it like it is. Like this Dwight Howard situation that Frank Vogel mismanaged so poorly. A month ago, this article stated that one of the ways the Lakers can get back in rhythm is by letting Dwight Howard start!

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"The plan would to put him back in the starting lineup and prove that he actually is motivated enough to be in the plans for this season. Howard didn’t do himself any favors going to the media about his inconsistent role, but that will change here."

In 10 minutes of the first quarter, Howard had a stat line of 8 points (2-3 shooting and when was the last time anyone remembers him hitting four free throws in a row!), 9 rebounds (5 offensive!) and 2 blocks. Folks this is just the first quarter!

Dwight Howard finished with 14 points (5-11 shooting!), 16 rebounds (7 offensive!) with 3 blocks. But at the end of the game, Dwight was in the witness protection program…AGAIN!

Lake Show Life notices that there is a positive relationship between Russell Westbrook and Phil Handy!

In the third quarter, Russell Westbrook started to show some life offensively. When he took Marcus Morris Sr. off the dribble and scored a basket in to paint, you could see him smiling with assistant coach, Phil Handy walking to the bench. That shows that Westbrook has a coach that he trusts on the Lakers’ staff which is extremely important if the Lakers want to stay in the play-in tournament, much less the playoffs.

Westbrook finished with 18 points (9-21 shooting!), 3 rebounds with a steal and an assist.

Austin Reaves saved the Lake Show Life staff and its readers from yet another boring post-game reporting another Lakers blowout! 

Lakers fans, this game was well on its way to being a blowout. There was no energy and it looked like it was going to be yet another blowout with empty excuses.

Then this happened…

From this moment on, the Lakers flipped the switch and went on a 16-5 run to take the lead. The defensive intensity picked up and the crowd got back into the game. As bad as the Lakers miss Alex Caruso, Austin Reaves is doing a lot of the things Caruso used to do, but at the fraction of the price.

This play turned the game around as the Lake Show turned a ten-point deficit into a six-point lead at the drop of a hat outscoring the Clippers 31-15.