Los Angeles — Other than clipped, nearly whispered answers emanating from the mouths of players or the hushed conversations of media members, the loudest sound to pierce the postgame locker room after the Lakers lost to the New York Knicks on Friday was a frustrated-sounding grunt from JaVale McGee.
Beyond that, though, it would have been possible to hear a pin drop in a locker room housing a team that’s as irritated as its been all year after a recent 1-4 stretch in the absence of LeBron James.
But losses in the absence of a superstar happen.