Perhaps it was human nature for the Lakers to put their game into neutral starting in the third quarter and finish Saturday night in cruise control after building a 30-point halftime lead over the Chicago Bulls.
Perhaps boredom set into the Lakers in the second half after they held the Bulls to 33 points and 33.3% shooting in the first half.
What matters is that the Lakers didn’t compete as hard in the final two quarters, their focus not quite there, but still beat the Bulls 101-90.
“Yeah, we got to be better.