The Lakers’ dreary December continued Thursday with an eight-point loss to the Miami Heat that left Lakers Coach Luke Walton a bit perplexed.
Twice this week they’ve built 19-point leads in games they ultimately lost.
Here are five takeaways from Thursday’s edition.
1. There was some relief from the Lakers after hearing that Wednesday’s MRI of Larry Nance Jr. found no tears. He’s not out of the woods yet, though. There was too much swelling in Nance’s knee for the MRI to accurately show anything.