The Los Angeles Lakers were down four of their regular starters by the end of their disappointing 103-88 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers on Saturday. Where there is misfortune, there is opportunity.
Austin Reaves (left calf strain), Deandre Ayton (left elbow soreness), and Rui Hachimura (right groin soreness) all missed the matchup. Luka Doncic wound up exiting from the game with a left leg contusion. That left LeBron James out there all by his lonesome.
"No matter what the circumstances are, it's still next man up," James told Dave McMenamin and the rest of the media after the loss.