After back-to-back losses marred by blown 19-point leads, the Lakers never came close to that kind of advantage, trailing the entirety of their defeat from Orlando.
The Magic led by as many as 25 points and, despite a big fourth quarter ru ,the Lakers finished their seven-game road trip with only one win after falling, 109-90.
“The problem when you get down big is it takes a lot of energy to get back in it,” head coach Luke Walton said. “If guys are dying out there, we go to the bench. But we’re playing guys that aren’t used to playing.