Coming off a loss to the Houston Rockets, the Los Angeles Lakers followed it up with one of their worst defeats of the season when they lost to the Dallas Mavericks, 118-97.
The Mavericks were shorthanded as they were without Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving, but that didn’t matter as the rest of the team torched the Lakers defense.
Los Angeles looked a step slow and were often out of rotation, allowing Dallas to bombard them from the perimeter.
After the loss, head coach JJ Redick lamented his team’s defensive performance, via Spectrum SportsNet:
“Obviously they killed us with any iso stuff.