The Lakers lost a basketball game on Tuesday night to the Clippers by 10 points, 112-102. There was a lot of hype and excitement surrounding this game — opening night, LeBron and AD vs. Kawhi and the new look (but same frisky style) Clippers, two pre-season title contenders squaring off in a bubbling rivalry game in the battle for a city. I get it. Losing this game sucks.
It is, however, one loss. This will happen somewhere between 25-35 more times to the Lakers this season. And while this one felt super important, when placed in the proper context, it’s really just one of those 25-35 games where the team Lakers fans would like to see win did not.