The Los Angeles secured a blowout win with their dominant 126-101 outing against the Brooklyn Nets in the fifth of their grueling seven-game road trip on Saturday night.
Perhaps even more impressive is the fact that they managed to win by 25 with a shorth-anded squad at Frank Vogel’s disposal as LeBron James and Anthony Davis remained sidelined. The Lakers were also without key role players in Marc Gasol, Kyle Kuzma and Wesley Matthews, while the Nets were close to full strength sans James Harden.
The timing of the recent additions to the injury list was hardly ideal considering the Purple and Gold were already without their superstar duo.