The Lakers appeared set to cruise to an easy victory against the Sacramento Kings when they led by double digits in the fourth quarter, but this team hates making things easy. A few barfed up shots, a bit of poor defense and three overtimes later, they had lost, 141-137, to the now eight-win Sacramento Kings.
The Lakers started the game playing decent enough defensively, but looked like they were still dealing with a turkey-fueled food hangover offensively, heading into halftime tied up with the Kings — who were missing key contributors in Harrison Barnes and Richaun Holmes — at 43-43.