ORLANDO, Fla. —
It wasn’t too complicated to figure out what went wrong in the Lakers’ 120-101 loss to the Magic on Saturday. Here are the key takeaways from a game in which the Lakers never threatened.
Beaten on the boards
Coach Darvin Ham didn’t mince words when talking about his team’s defensive rebounding, a hole so glaring that Orlando grabbed 19 offensive rebounds and scored 36 second-chance points.
“You can’t scheme rebounding. You’ve got to want to get the damn ball. Plain and simple,” Ham said. “The shot goes up, if your opponent is in your area, you’ve got to get hits, put bodies on bodies and be the most aggressive one to the ball.