Los Angeles Lakers blown out of the play-in tournament by the Mavericks

The bad from the Los Angeles Lakers’ loss: 

The Los Angeles Lakers couldn’t stop Luka Doncic going to the basket…

Basically, this entire article is about a Los Angeles Lakers team that has insulted the history of players from George Mikan to Kobe Bryant to Magic Johnson to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and the list goes on and on. Watching Shaquille O’Neal fume in the TNT studios said it all.

This team did not try and do not care. Usually, common sense would start with a defensive plan to start Luka Doncic, who is an All-Star, the future of the NBA and at least the Dallas Mavericks’ best player.

Luka had 19 points in the first quarter alone with layups like these. You know the kind that happens in a YMCA somewhere in an empty gym.

But the Lakers’ defense has been reduced to what you would find in an empty gym.

The Los Angeles Lakers couldn’t stop Luka Doncic in the pick and roll…

With poor perimeter defense, sadly someone has to take the blame in Frank Vogel’s eyes because, for some alleged reason, he thinks he’s a defensive genius. It didn’t take Dwight Howard five minutes before his night was over. But usually, when he sits down the opposing guards start grinning and start throwing alley-oops to the rim.

The Los Angeles Lakers didn’t stop Luka Doncic…his teammates…the 3 point shooting…points in the paint…offensive rebounding when the Mavs missed…

Alexa…pull up examples of the Los Angeles Lakers quitting like Ronald Agers said like…two months ago…

Alexa: Here’s a game where the Los Angeles Lakers played the Dallas Mavericks on March 29th, 2022.