The Los Angeles Lakers reached the end of their five-game road trip with a matchup against an Oklahoma City Thunder team that had won the first two head-to-head meetings by an average of 30.5 points.
Lakers head coach Luke Walton lamented his team’s lack of toughness in both losses, particularly after the most recent of which came at Chesapeake Energy Arena. However, Super Bowl Sunday saw a much different result.
In the end the Thunder did finish with a 46-40 edge in rebounding, but the Lakers controlled the glass for much of the game. That coincided with L.